sine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sinos Proto-Italic *sinus Latin sinusbor. English sine 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.
Meanings
- In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
cosecant · secant · tangent · cosine · cotangent · trigonometry
Deriveds
sinical · sine curve · nonsine · sine law · sine-Gordon equation · Fourier sine series · sine ratio · sinusoid · hyperbolic sine · antisine · inverse sine · homolosine · sine formula · coversed sine · haversed sine · sinusoidal · arcsine · sine wave · sine rule · versed sine · hacoversed sine · cosine
Descendants
サイン · ဆိုင်း · 사인 · sheenys · ไซน์
Relateds
nulla pœna sine lege (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · sine quâ non (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · adjournment sine die (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · Latino sine Flexione (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · sinusitis · nulla poena sine lege (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · insinuate · zoster sine herpete (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine") · sinus · sinuous · sine qua non (etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "sine")
Synonyms
sin (Symbol)
Translations (58)
ru си́нус (trigonometric function) · ar جَيْب (trigonometric function) · ro sinus (trigonometric function) · sq sinus (trigonometric function) · pl sinus (trigonometric function) · hy սինուս (trigonometric function) · pt seno (trigonometric function) · hi ज्या (trigonometric function) · ta செவ்வளை (trigonometric function) · da sinus (trigonometric function) · tl sinway (trigonometric function) · ms sinus (trigonometric function) · es seno (trigonometric function) · cmn 正弦 (trigonometric function) · af sinusse (trigonometric function) · ota جیب (trigonometric function) · lv sinuss (trigonometric function) · az sinus (trigonometric function) · sk sínus (trigonometric function) · yue 正弦 (trigonometric function) · ko 정현 (trigonometric function) · sl sinus (trigonometric function) · id sinus (trigonometric function) · gl seno (trigonometric function) · nl sinus (trigonometric function) · el ημίτονο (trigonometric function) · vi sin (trigonometric function) · io sinuso (trigonometric function) · ja サイン (trigonometric function) · eu sinu (trigonometric function) · is sínus (trigonometric function) · uk си́нус (trigonometric function) · gu જ્યા (trigonometric function) · fi sini (trigonometric function) · sv sinus (trigonometric function) · it seno (trigonometric function) · ca sinus (trigonometric function) · fa جیب (trigonometric function) · ga síneas (trigonometric function) · cs sinus (trigonometric function) · mk синус (trigonometric function) · ko 사인 (trigonometric function) · sh sinus (trigonometric function) · bg синус (trigonometric function) · ja 正弦 (trigonometric function) · no sinus (trigonometric function) · my ဆိုင်း (trigonometric function) · fa سینوس (trigonometric function) · hu szinusz (trigonometric function) · th ไซน์ (trigonometric function) · km ស៊ីនុស (trigonometric function) · ceb lidpa (trigonometric function) · gv sheenys (trigonometric function) · de Sinus (trigonometric function) · af sinus (trigonometric function) · eo sinuso (trigonometric function) · fr sinus (trigonometric function) · he סינוס (trigonometric function)