"sine wave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sine waves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sine wave (plural sine waves)
  1. (trigonometry, signal processing) A periodically oscillating waveform as described by the sine function, possibly multiplied by some amplitude, shifted by some phase, and translated by an additive constant. Wikipedia link: sine wave Categories (topical): Curves, Signal processing, Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry Translations (waveform): sinusoidë [feminine] (Albanian), siniaalto (Finnish), ημιτονοειδής καμπύλη (imitonoeidís kampýli) (Greek), szinuszgörbe (Hungarian), síneastonn [feminine] (Irish), sinusoide [feminine] (Italian), 正弦波 (seigenha) (alt: せいげんは) (Japanese), sinusoidă [feminine] (Romanian), синусо́ида (sinusóida) [feminine] (Russian), onda senoidal [feminine] (Spanish), sinusvåg [common-gender] (Swedish), sinwaying alon (Tagalog)

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