# Acos {#openvino_docs_ops_arithmetic_Acos_1}
**Versioned name**: *Acos-1*
**Category**: *Arithmetic unary*
**Short description**: *Acos* performs element-wise inverse cosine (arccos) operation with given tensor.
**Attributes**:
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**Inputs**
* **1**: An tensor of type *T*. **Required.**
**Outputs**
* **1**: The result of element-wise acos operation. A tensor of type *T*.
**Types**
* *T*: any numeric type.
*Acos* does the following with the input tensor *a*:
\f[
a_{i} = acos(a_{i})
\f]
**Examples**
*Example 1*
```xml
<layer ... type="Acos">
<input>
<port id="0">
<dim>256</dim>
<dim>56</dim>
</port>
</input>
<output>
<port id="1">
</output>
</layer>
```