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Meanings of sine function in English

Russian
синус
Portuguese
seno
Spanish
función seno
Catalan
sinus
Wikidata

Ratio between the lengths of the opposite side and the hypotenuse in a right triangle.

Related terms
синус
Usage of sine function in English
1
Also, Dan's data seems to be a sort of a sine function.
Wired
2
Effective lever arm varied almost as a sine function, with optimal lever arm at 90 degrees of flexion.
Pubmed
3
Hence the laws of periodic alternate currents following the sine function of the time fail when we come to consider microphones and telephones.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
4
They do not follow the constant periodic law, and they are not true harmonic sine functions of the time.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
Translations for sine function
Russian
синус
Portuguese
seno
Catalan
sinussin