Calculated Industries Machinist Calc 4086 User Manual - 8 — M

8 — M

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Arctangent (ArcTan) —

 Calculates the angle for the 

entered or calculated Tangent value.

Miscellaneous functions

g .

Degrees:Minutes:Seconds (dms◄►deg) — 

Converts between D:M:S and decimal degree 

formats; repeated presses will toggle between the 

two formats.

%

Percentage —

 Used to find a given percent of a 

number.

g D

Model 4086

g %

Model 4087

x

2

 —

 Squares the value on the display.

A

Model 4087 

only

Backspace Function —

Used to delete entries one 

keystroke at a time (unlike the 

O

 function, which 

deletes the entire entry).

g %

Model 4086

g A

Model 4087

Square Root ( ) —

Calculates the Square Root of 

the number on the display.

g ,

Reciprocal (1/

x

) —

 Finds the Reciprocal of a 

number (e.g., 

8 g , =

0.125

).

g *

Clear All

—

 Returns all stored values to the default 

settings. Does not affect Preference Settings.            

g -

Change Sign (+/–) —

 Toggle displayed value 

between negative and positive value.

g +

Pi — 

Displays value of 

π

 (3.1415927). 

g =

Paperless Tape (Tape) — 

Accesses the Paperless 

Tape mode (see 

Paperless Tape

 section), which 

keeps track of your past 30 entries. Useful for 

checking strings of numbers.

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