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hyperbolic tangent

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the tangent function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • tanh (x)=(sinh (x))/(cosh (x))=(ex-e−x)/(ex+e−x).

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хиперболичен тангенс (hiperboličen tangens) — hyperbolic function
  • Finnish: hyperbolinen tangentti — hyperbolic function
  • Icelandic: breiðbogatangens — hyperbolic function
  • Japanese: ハイパボリックタンジェント (haipaborikku tanjento) — hyperbolic function
  • Japanese: 双曲正接 (sōkyoku seisetsu) — hyperbolic function
  • Russian: гиперболи́ческий та́нгенс (giperbolíčeskij tángens) — hyperbolic function
  • Swedish: tangens hyperbolicus — hyperbolic function