"sinus" meaning in English

See sinus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.nəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sinus.wav Forms: sinuses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”). Doublet of sine. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|sinus|t=a bent surface, curve, hollow}} Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”), {{dbt|en|sine}} Doublet of sine Head templates: {{en-noun}} sinus (plural sinuses)
  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus). Translations (pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue): sinus (Afrikaans), sinusse [plural] (Afrikaans), جَيْب اَلْأُنْف (jayb al-ʔunf) [masculine] (Arabic), جيوب أنفية (geyuub ʔanfeya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine, plural] (Arabic), senu [masculine] (Asturian), синус (sinus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), si [masculine] (Catalan), 竇 /窦 (dòu) (Chinese Mandarin), sinus [masculine] (Czech), dutina [feminine] (Czech), sinuso (Esperanto), ontelo (Finnish), sinus [masculine] (French), seo [masculine] (Galician), Sinus [masculine] (German), (paranasal) Nasennebenhöhle [feminine] (German), üreg (Hungarian), sinuso (Ido), seno [masculine] (Italian), 副鼻腔 (fukubikō) (alt: ふくびこう) (Japanese), pakohu (Maori), Hollinj [feminine] (Plautdietsch), zatoka [feminine] (Polish), seio [masculine] (Portuguese), sinus [neuter] (Romanian), па́зуха (pázuxa) [feminine] (Russian), seno [masculine] (Spanish), cavidad sinusal [feminine] (Spanish), cavidad sinuosa [feminine] (Spanish), sinüs (Turkish), sinud (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-P9ZW3YZ8 Categories (other): Anatomy, Animal body parts, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Trigonometric functions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 8 15 9 14 10 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 5 23 6 9 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 2 2 2 7 11 2 5 2 4 3 2 2 2 10 2 1 1 4 2 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 9 13 1 5 3 5 3 1 1 1 13 3 1 1 5 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 32 10 16 15 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 32 10 17 12 14 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 34 9 17 11 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 9 16 10 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 9 17 11 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 9 15 14 11 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 30 11 16 16 13 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 37 7 17 9 12 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 8 16 10 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 8 18 9 11 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 33 8 20 10 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 8 16 10 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 13 14 12 13 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 35 6 15 18 11 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 11 17 12 12 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 37 7 17 9 12 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 10 13 11 14 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 38 8 16 10 12 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 56 4 15 6 8 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 9 15 10 12 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 11 18 15 12 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 34 9 17 11 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 7 16 9 11 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 37 8 17 10 12 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 8 17 10 13 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 36 8 17 10 12 8 10 Disambiguation of Trigonometric functions: 40 5 18 8 13 11 6 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy Disambiguation of 'pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue': 57 12 12 8 5 3 3
  2. (anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-03u9KQNM Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
    (physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.
    Tags: attributive Translations (relating to the sinoatrial node): 竇性 /窦性 (dòuxìng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-ayxBE8aX Categories (other): Anatomy, Physiology Topics: anatomy, medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to the sinoatrial node': 13 4 74 3 2 2 2
  4. (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface. Translations (abnormal cavity or passage): avanne (Finnish), свищ (svišč) [masculine] (Russian), фи́стула (fístula) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-s3UNKFs6 Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'abnormal cavity or passage': 10 24 24 38 2 1 2
  5. (botany) A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal.
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-AwJ96Zc5 Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  6. (geography) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-ueYNhwi- Categories (other): Geography Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  7. (trigonometry) Synonym of sine. Synonyms: sine [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-sinus-en-noun-AwT5m12c Categories (other): Trigonometry Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (venous or lymphatic cavity): 竇 /窦 (dòu) (Chinese Mandarin)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "confluence of sinuses"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dural sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dural venous sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "extrasinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inferior petrosal sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inferior sagittal sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intrasinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nonsinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parasinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pyriform sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sick sinus syndrome"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sino-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinu-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinuso-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus brady"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinuscope"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinusectomy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinusitis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinuslike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus node"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinusoid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus pudoris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus rhythm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus tachy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus tachycardia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus venosus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sinus-wise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sphenoidal sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "splenic sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "superior petrosal sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "superior sagittal sinus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "urogenital sinus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sinus",
        "t": "a bent surface, curve, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sine"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sine",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”). Doublet of sine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sinuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sinus (plural sinuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "en:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 8 15 9 14 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 5 23 6 9 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 7 11 2 5 2 4 3 2 2 2 10 2 1 1 4 2 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 2 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 16 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 9 13 1 5 3 5 3 1 1 1 13 3 1 1 5 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 10 16 15 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 10 17 12 14 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 9 17 11 13 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Asturian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 9 16 10 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 9 17 11 13 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 9 15 14 11 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 16 16 13 6 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 7 17 9 12 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 16 10 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 18 9 11 7 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 8 20 10 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 16 10 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 13 14 12 13 8 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 6 15 18 11 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 11 17 12 12 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 7 17 9 12 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 10 13 11 14 10 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 8 16 10 12 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 4 15 6 8 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 9 15 10 12 7 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 11 18 15 12 6 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 9 17 11 13 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 7 16 9 11 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 8 17 10 12 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 8 17 10 13 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 8 17 10 12 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Volapük translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 5 18 8 13 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Trigonometric functions",
          "orig": "en:Trigonometric functions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus)."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-P9ZW3YZ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "pouch",
          "pouch"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ],
        [
          "nasal cavities",
          "nasal cavity"
        ],
        [
          "paranasal sinus",
          "paranasal sinus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "sinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "sinusse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "jayb al-ʔunf",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "جَيْب اَلْأُنْف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "arz",
          "roman": "geyuub ʔanfeya",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "جيوب أنفية"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "senu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "sinus",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "синус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "dòu",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "竇 /窦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dutina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "sinuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "ontelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Sinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "(paranasal) Nasennebenhöhle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "üreg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "sinuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "alt": "ふくびこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "fukubikō",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "副鼻腔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "pakohu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "lang_code": "pdt",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Hollinj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zatoka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "pázuxa",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́зуха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cavidad sinusal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cavidad sinuosa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "sinüs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 12 12 8 5 3 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "lang_code": "vo",
          "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
          "word": "sinud"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-03u9KQNM",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "venous",
          "venous"
        ],
        [
          "lymphatic",
          "lymphatic"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ],
        [
          "dilated",
          "dilated"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physiology",
          "orig": "en:Physiology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.",
        "Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-ayxBE8aX",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "venous",
          "venous"
        ],
        [
          "lymphatic",
          "lymphatic"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ],
        [
          "dilated",
          "dilated"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "sinoatrial node",
          "sinoatrial node"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "regulating",
          "regulate"
        ],
        [
          "heartbeat",
          "heartbeat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.",
        "(physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 4 74 3 2 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "dòuxìng",
          "sense": "relating to the sinoatrial node",
          "word": "竇性 /窦性"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "en:Pathology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-s3UNKFs6",
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "abnormal",
          "abnormal"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "fistula",
          "fistula"
        ],
        [
          "deep-seated",
          "deep-seated"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ],
        [
          "discharging",
          "discharge"
        ],
        [
          "pus",
          "pus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 24 24 38 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
          "word": "avanne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 24 24 38 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "svišč",
          "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свищ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 24 24 38 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "fístula",
          "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фи́стула"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-AwJ96Zc5",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "rounded",
          "rounded"
        ],
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "lobe",
          "lobe"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "petal",
          "petal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "en:Geography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-ueYNhwi-",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "bay",
          "bay"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Trigonometry",
          "orig": "en:Trigonometry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              221,
              226
            ],
            [
              239,
              244
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1884 November 29, “Aerial Navigation”, in Scientific American: A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures, volume LI, number 22, New York, N.Y.: Munn & Co., translation of original by Victor Tatin in La Nature, page 342, column 1:",
          "text": "So, in the helicopteron, as the helix is at the same time a sustaining plane, it should be likened to a surface moving horizontally, and in which, consequenty, the resistance to motion will be to the lifting power as the sinus is to the cosinus of the angle formed by such plane with the horizon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              51,
              58
            ],
            [
              65,
              72
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1996, Pentti Zetterberg, Matti Eronen, Markus Lindholm, “Construction of a 7500-Year Tree-Ring Record for Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris, L.) in Northern Fennoscandia and its Application to Growth Variation and Palaeoclimatic Studies”, in Heinrich Spiecker, Kari Mielikäinen, Michael Köhl, Jens Peter Skovsgaard, editors, Growth Trends in European Forests (European Forest Institute Research Report; No. 5), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 15:",
          "text": "The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              282,
              289
            ],
            [
              296,
              303
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2007, Vladimir G. Ivancevic, Tijana T. Ivancevic, “Introduction: Human and Computational Mind”, in Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Perspective (Studies in Computational Intelligence; 60), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, →LCCN, section 1 (Natural Intelligence and Human Mind), pages 60–61:",
          "text": "Basically, the rotation of the matrix of the factor loadings L represents its post-multiplication, i.e. L* = LO by the rotation matrix O, which itself resembles one of the matrices included in the classical rotational Lie groups SO(m) (containing the specific m–fold combination of sinuses and cosinuses.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of sine."
      ],
      "id": "en-sinus-en-noun-AwT5m12c",
      "links": [
        [
          "trigonometry",
          "trigonometry"
        ],
        [
          "sine",
          "sine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(trigonometry) Synonym of sine."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "sine"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "trigonometry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪ.nəs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sinus.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "12 36 36 10 2 1 2",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dòu",
      "sense": "venous or lymphatic cavity",
      "word": "竇 /窦"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English learned borrowings from Latin",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪnəs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪnəs/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
    "en:Trigonometric functions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "confluence of sinuses"
    },
    {
      "word": "dural sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dural venous sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "extrasinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "inferior petrosal sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "inferior sagittal sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "intrasinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonsinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "parasinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pyriform sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sick sinus syndrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sino-"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinuso-"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus brady"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinuscope"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinusectomy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinusitis"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinuslike"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus node"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinusoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus pudoris"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus rhythm"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus tachy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus tachycardia"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus venosus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinus-wise"
    },
    {
      "word": "sphenoidal sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "splenic sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "superior petrosal sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "superior sagittal sinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "urogenital sinus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sinus",
        "t": "a bent surface, curve, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sine"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sine",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”). Doublet of sine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sinuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sinus (plural sinuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy",
        "en:Animal body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "pouch",
          "pouch"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "bone",
          "bone"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ],
        [
          "nasal cavities",
          "nasal cavity"
        ],
        [
          "paranasal sinus",
          "paranasal sinus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "venous",
          "venous"
        ],
        [
          "lymphatic",
          "lymphatic"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ],
        [
          "dilated",
          "dilated"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy",
        "en:Physiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.",
        "Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "venous",
          "venous"
        ],
        [
          "lymphatic",
          "lymphatic"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ],
        [
          "dilated",
          "dilated"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "physiology",
          "physiology"
        ],
        [
          "sinoatrial node",
          "sinoatrial node"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "regulating",
          "regulate"
        ],
        [
          "heartbeat",
          "heartbeat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.",
        "(physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Pathology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "abnormal",
          "abnormal"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "fistula",
          "fistula"
        ],
        [
          "deep-seated",
          "deep-seated"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ],
        [
          "discharging",
          "discharge"
        ],
        [
          "pus",
          "pus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "rounded",
          "rounded"
        ],
        [
          "notch",
          "notch"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "lobe",
          "lobe"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "petal",
          "petal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Geography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "bay",
          "bay"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ],
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Trigonometry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              221,
              226
            ],
            [
              239,
              244
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1884 November 29, “Aerial Navigation”, in Scientific American: A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures, volume LI, number 22, New York, N.Y.: Munn & Co., translation of original by Victor Tatin in La Nature, page 342, column 1:",
          "text": "So, in the helicopteron, as the helix is at the same time a sustaining plane, it should be likened to a surface moving horizontally, and in which, consequenty, the resistance to motion will be to the lifting power as the sinus is to the cosinus of the angle formed by such plane with the horizon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              51,
              58
            ],
            [
              65,
              72
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1996, Pentti Zetterberg, Matti Eronen, Markus Lindholm, “Construction of a 7500-Year Tree-Ring Record for Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris, L.) in Northern Fennoscandia and its Application to Growth Variation and Palaeoclimatic Studies”, in Heinrich Spiecker, Kari Mielikäinen, Michael Köhl, Jens Peter Skovsgaard, editors, Growth Trends in European Forests (European Forest Institute Research Report; No. 5), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 15:",
          "text": "The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              282,
              289
            ],
            [
              296,
              303
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2007, Vladimir G. Ivancevic, Tijana T. Ivancevic, “Introduction: Human and Computational Mind”, in Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Perspective (Studies in Computational Intelligence; 60), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, →LCCN, section 1 (Natural Intelligence and Human Mind), pages 60–61:",
          "text": "Basically, the rotation of the matrix of the factor loadings L represents its post-multiplication, i.e. L* = LO by the rotation matrix O, which itself resembles one of the matrices included in the classical rotational Lie groups SO(m) (containing the specific m–fold combination of sinuses and cosinuses.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of sine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trigonometry",
          "trigonometry"
        ],
        [
          "sine",
          "sine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(trigonometry) Synonym of sine."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "sine"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "trigonometry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaɪ.nəs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sinus.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sinus.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sinusse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "jayb al-ʔunf",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَيْب اَلْأُنْف"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "arz",
      "roman": "geyuub ʔanfeya",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "جيوب أنفية"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "sinus",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dòu",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "竇 /窦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dutina"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "sinuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "ontelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "(paranasal) Nasennebenhöhle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "üreg"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "sinuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくびこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "fukubikō",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "副鼻腔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "pakohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hollinj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zatoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pázuxa",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́зуха"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cavidad sinusal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cavidad sinuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "sinüs"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue",
      "word": "sinud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dòu",
      "sense": "venous or lymphatic cavity",
      "word": "竇 /窦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dòuxìng",
      "sense": "relating to the sinoatrial node",
      "word": "竇性 /窦性"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
      "word": "avanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "svišč",
      "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свищ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fístula",
      "sense": "abnormal cavity or passage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́стула"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sinus meaning in English (14.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.