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sinusoid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinusoid  \Si"nus*oid\,  n.  [Sinus  +  -oid.]  (Geom.) 
  The  curve  whose  ordinates  are  proportional  to  the  sines  of 
  the  abscissas,  the  equation  of  the  curve  being  y  =  a  sin  x. 
  It  is  also  called  the  {curve  of  sines}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinusoid 
  n  1:  tiny  endothelium-lined  passages  for  blood  in  the  tissue  of 
  an  organ 
  2:  the  curve  of  y=sin  x  [syn:  {sine  curve}] 




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