"sine" meaning in English

See sine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /saɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sine.wav Forms: sines [plural]
enPR: sīn Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sinus (“curve, bend; bosom”), a translation of Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “bosom”), a misidentification of the notation جيب (j-y-b), written without vowel diacritics, standing for Arabic جِيبَ (jība, “sine”), in turn from Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “sine, chord, bowstring”) through the similar Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “sine, chord, life, existence”). Doublet of sinus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sinus||curve, bend; bosom}} Latin sinus (“curve, bend; bosom”), {{der|en|ar|جَيْب||bosom}} Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “bosom”), {{der|en|ar|جِيبَ||sine}} Arabic جِيبَ (jība, “sine”), {{der|en|sa|ज्या||sine, chord, bowstring}} Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “sine, chord, bowstring”), {{der|en|sa|जीव||sine, chord, life, existence}} Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “sine, chord, life, existence”), {{doublet|en|sinus}} Doublet of sinus Head templates: {{en-noun}} sine (plural sines)
  1. (trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Wikipedia link: sine Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics, Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry Synonyms (Symbol): sin Coordinate_terms: cosine, cosecant, cotangent, secant, tangent, trigonometry Translations (trigonometric function): sinus (Afrikaans), sinusse (Afrikaans), sinus [masculine] (Albanian), جَيْب (jayb) [masculine] (Arabic), սինուս (sinus) (Armenian), sinu (Basque), синус (sinus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆိုင်း (hcuing:) (Burmese), sinus [masculine] (Catalan), lidpa (Cebuano), 正弦 (english: zing³ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 正弦 (zhèngxián) (Chinese Mandarin), sinus [masculine] (Czech), sinus (Danish), sinus [masculine] (Dutch), sinuso (Esperanto), sini (Finnish), sinus [masculine] (French), seno [masculine] (Galician), Sinus [masculine] (German), ημίτονο (imítono) [neuter] (Greek), જ્યા (jyā) [feminine] (Gujarati), סינוס (sinus) [masculine] (Hebrew), ज्या (jyā) [feminine] (Hindi), szinusz (Hungarian), sínus [masculine] (Icelandic), sinuso (Ido), sinus (Indonesian), síneas [masculine] (Irish), seno [masculine] (Italian), サイン (sain) (Japanese), 正弦 (seigen) (Japanese), ស៊ីនុស (siinuh) (Khmer), 사인 (sain) (Korean), 정현 (jeonghyeon) (Korean), синус (sinus) [masculine] (Macedonian), sinus (Malay), sheenys [masculine] (Manx), sinus [masculine] (Norwegian), جیب (ceb) (Ottoman Turkish), جیب (jayb, jeyb) (Persian), سینوس (sinus) (Persian), sinus [masculine] (Polish), seno [masculine] (Portuguese), sinus [neuter] (Romanian), си́нус (sínus) [masculine] (Russian), sinus (Serbo-Croatian), sínus [masculine] (Slovak), sinus [masculine] (Slovene), seno [masculine] (Spanish), sinus (Swedish), sinway (Tagalog), செவ்வளை (cevvaḷai) (Tamil), ไซน์ (saai) (Thai), си́нус (sýnus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sin (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sine-en-noun-jkjC5THP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 22 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry Derived forms: arcsine, cosine, coversed sine, Fourier sine series, hacoversed sine, haversed sine, hyperbolic sine, inverse sine, sine formula, sine-Gordon equation, sine law, sine ratio, sine rule, sine wave, sinical, sinusoid, sinusoidal, versed sine Related terms: insinuate, sinuous, sinus, sinusitis, adjournment sine die, Latino sine Flexione, nulla poena sine lege, nulla pœna sine lege, sine qua non, sine quâ non, zoster sine herpete

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sain",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "サイン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seigen",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "正弦"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "siinuh",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "ស៊ីនុស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sain",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "사인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonghyeon",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "정현"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sinus",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sheenys"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ceb",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "جیب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jayb, jeyb",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "جیب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sinus",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "سینوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sínus",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "си́нус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sínus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "sinway"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cevvaḷai",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "செவ்வளை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "saai",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "ไซน์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sýnus",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "си́нус"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "trigonometric function",
      "word": "sin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sine"
}

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