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masculine
/ˈseno/
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Translation
sine; sinus
Word origin
From Latin sinus ('fold, curve, bay'). Medieval translators used it to render an Arabic term for the trigonometric ratio, giving the mathematical 'sine'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sinus
- English cognates
- sine, sinus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsenos
Examples
calcula calculadora.
The sine of an angle is worked out with the calculator.
gráfica .
The graph of the sine draws a smooth wave.
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In this triangle the sine is almost one.
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The doctor checked the sinus in the patient's forehead.
¿ calcular ?
Do you know how to work out the sine of thirty degrees?
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