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n. (Abbr. sin)

1. The ordinate of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.
2. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

[Medieval Latin sinus (mistranslation of Arabic jayb, sine , as if jayb, fold in a garment), from Latin, curve, fold.]

In a right triangle, the ratio of the side opposite an acute angle (less than 90 degrees) and the hypotenuse. The cosine is the ratio between the adjacent side and the hypotenuse. These angular functions are used to compute circular movements.

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Common misspelling(s) of sines

• sinse

Dansk (Danish)
n. - uden

idioms:

• sine qua non    ufravigelig betingelse, nødvendig forudsætning

Nederlands (Dutch)
sinus

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Math) sinus

2.

idioms:

• sine qua non    condition sine qua non

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sinus

2.

idioms:

• sine qua non    notwendige Bedingung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαθημ.) ημίτονο
prep. - άνευ, χωρίς

idioms:

• sine qua non    θεμελιώδης προϋπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
seno

idioms:

• sine qua non    sine qua non

Português (Portuguese)
n. - seno (Mat.)

idioms:

• sine qua non    sine qua non, condição (f) indispensável

Русский (Russian)
синус

idioms:

• sine qua non    необходимое условий, то, без чего нельзя обойтись

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - seno

2.

idioms:

• sine qua non    condición indispensable

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sinus
prep. - utan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
正弦

idioms:

• sine qua non    必要条件, 要素

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 正弦

idioms:

• sine qua non    必要條件, 要素

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사인, 정현

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サイン, 正弦

idioms:

• sine qua non    ぜひ必要なもの, 絶対に必要な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جيب ألزاويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בלי, ללא, סינוס - היחס בין צלע שמול זווית נתונה ליתר במשולש ישר-זווית (טריגונומטריה)‬

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