arctangent
noun
arctangent is spelled A-R-C-T-A-N-G-E-N-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arctangent means “Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arctangent is arctangents.
How many letters and syllables are in arctangent?
| Letters | 10: A-R-C-T-A-N-G-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is arctangent?
Arctangent appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of arctangent
- arctangents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arctangent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate arctangent?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of arctangent: arctan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arctangent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inverse of tangent function:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arc tangente |
| German | Arcustangens |
| Portuguese | arco tangente |
| Spanish | arcotangente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arctangent come from?
From arc- + tangent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).