Crossword-Solution: COTANGENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cotangent | n. | The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with COTANGENT (5)
Out on the various fronts the American soldiers grimly understood that they must hold on where they were for the sake of their comrades on other distant but nevertheless cotangent fronts on the circular line that guard Archangel.
His calculation is based on two close approximations (an upper and a lower) to the value of [root]3, that being the cotangent of the angle of 30°, from which he begins to work.
Note that when a cotangent value is used, 12" is still taken on the tongue and the same number as for the tangent value of that number of degrees is taken on the blade, but that the scribing is done along the blade and not along the tongue as is the case when tangent values are used.
For cotangent values between 0-45 degrees use columns 1 and 4 reading down, and columns 6 and 3 reading up for cotangent values between 45-90 degrees inclusive.
For this reason the fractional value of the cosine and cotangent must be subtracted from, instead of added to, the value of the function of the next lower number of degrees.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1961–2015).