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sine

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/saɪn/

Definition of sine

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
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noun

  1. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of short interspersed element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of selective inhibitors of nuclear export, a drug for epithelioid sarcoma.

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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.

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