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sine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sine  \Si"ne\,  prep.  [L.] 
  Without 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sine  \Sine\,  n.  [LL.  sinus  a  sine,  L.  sinus  bosom,  used  in 
  translating  the  Ar  jaib,  properly,  bosom,  but  probably  read 
  by  mistake  (the  consonants  being  the  same)  for  an  original 
  j[=i]ba  sine,  from  Skr.  j[=i]va  bowstring,  chord  of  an  arc, 
  sine.]  (Trig.) 
  a  The  length  of  a  perpendicular  drawn  from  one  extremity 
  of  an  arc  of  a  circle  to  the  diameter  drawn  through 
  the  other  extremity. 
  b  The  perpendicular  itself  See  {Sine  of  angle},  below. 
 
  {Artificial  sines},  logarithms  of  the  natural  sines,  or 
  logarithmic  sines. 
 
  {Curve  of  sines}.  See  {Sinusoid}. 
 
  {Natural  sines},  the  decimals  expressing  the  values  of  the 
  sines,  the  radius  being  unity. 
 
  {Sine  of  an  angle},  in  a  circle  whose  radius  is  unity,  the 
  sine  of  the  arc  that  measures  the  angle;  in  a  right-angled 
  triangle,  the  side  opposite  the  given  angle  divided  by  the 
  hypotenuse.  See  {Trigonometrical  function},  under 
  {Function}. 
 
  {Versed  sine},  that  part  of  the  diameter  between  the  sine  and 
  the  arc. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sine 
  n  :  ratio  of  the  opposite  side  to  the  hypotenuse 




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