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## `ACOS` [esql-acos]
**Syntax**
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**Parameters**
`number`
: Number between -1 and 1. If `null`, the function returns `null`.
**Description**
Returns the [arccosine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions) of `n` as an angle, expressed in radians.
**Supported types**
| number | result |
| --- | --- |
| double | double |
| integer | double |
| long | double |
| unsigned_long | double |
**Example**
```esql
ROW a=.9
| EVAL acos=ACOS(a)
```
| a:double | acos:double |
| --- | --- |
| .9 | 0.45102681179626236 |