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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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