Synonyms & related words for arctangent

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of arctangent. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to arctangent

Explore words related to arctangent — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cyclometric, arccosine, cotangent, arcsine, cosecant, exsecant, trigonometry, trigonometrically. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does arctangent come from?

The word arctangent breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: arc, from Latin arcus (“bow, arc”); tang, from Latin tangere (“to touch”); and -ent, from Latin -ent (“present participle (-ing)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.