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sine

sin θ= a/c (Academy Artworks)

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.]

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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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