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CSS-024 · Angles and time

rad

The mathematicians' radian: 2π to the turn, built to talk to sine and cosine.

One rad is the angle whose arc measures one radius: the full turn holds 2π radians, about 6.2832. It is mathematics' natural unit — in it the trigonometric functions need no conversion factors — and CSS certified it along with the other three of the <angle> type.

Its moment is when the angle comes from a calculation, not an eye: values born of formulas with sin(), cos() and atan2(), or generated by tools that think in π. For angles chosen by hand, deg remains the mother tongue.

.ponteiro {
  rotate: 0.7854rad;  /* π/4 */
}
Live demonstration: 0.7854rad and 45deg — π/4 spelled out and spoken by habit.