60degree

60degree denotes an angle measure of 60 degrees, commonly notated as 60°, or as the radian value π/3. The term may appear in technical writings or as a concatenated identifier in code or product names, but its mathematical meaning is the same.

In trigonometry, 60 degrees has well-known values: sin 60° = √3/2, cos 60° = 1/2, tan 60° = √3. It is one of the standard angles used in unit-circle calculations and angle-chasing.

Geometrically, 60-degree angles appear in equilateral triangles (each interior angle is 60°) and in the central angles of a regular hexagon (60° between consecutive vertices).

Applications include tiling patterns, crystallography (hexagonal lattices), and computer graphics, where 60° rotations or coordinate axes separated by 60° are common in axial isometric projections.

See also: degree, radians, 60 degrees, hexagon, isometric projection.