sine
In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the…In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
» The functions sine and cosine take values between -1 and 1 (-1 and 1 included).
Die Funktionen Sinus und Cosinus nehmen Werte zwischen -1 und 1 an (-1 und 1 eingeschlossen).
Функции синус и косинус принимают значения между -1 и 1 включительно.
Функції синус та косинус приймають значення від -1 до 1 включно.
Функції синуса та косинуса можуть приймати значення від -1 до +1 включно.
Meaning
1 sensesIn a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
Sinus
си́нусsínus
си́нусsýnus
ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Examples
9 sentencesThe functions sine and cosine take values between -1 and 1 (-1 and 1 included).
Функції синус та косинус приймають значення від -1 до 1 включно.
ruФункции синус и косинус принимают значения между -1 и 1 включительно.
deDie Funktionen Sinus und Cosinus nehmen Werte zwischen -1 und 1 an (-1 und 1 eingeschlossen).
A driving licence is a sine qua non here.
deEin Führerschein ist hier eine Conditio sine qua non.
The sine and cosine functions both satisfy this property.
Additive synthesis involves manually controlling harmonics, and uses only sine waves.
The functions sine and cosine have a range of values between -1 and 1, inclusive.
deDer Wertebereich der Sinus- und Kosinusfunktion ist das geschlossene Intervall von -1 bis 1.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin sinus (“curve, bend; bosom”), a translation of Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “boBorrowed 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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