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Sinusoid

/ˈsaɪnəsɔɪd/

A curve having the shape of a sine wave.

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📖 Definitions of "Sinusoid"

noun

1
A curve having the shape of a sine wave.
2
Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs.

adjective

1
Sinusoidal.
2
Characteristic of a sinus.

🔄 Synonyms of "Sinusoid"

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Word	Definition
sine curvenoun	(mathematics) A curve representing periodic oscillations as given by the sine function.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sinusoid"

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Word	Definition
sine curvenoun	(mathematics) A curve representing periodic oscillations as given by the sine function.
damped	(of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
versed sinenoun	(trigonometry) The trigonometric function 1 − cos(x).
cisoidnoun	(signal processing) Complex sinusoid or complex exponential.
hyperbolic sinenoun	(mathematics) A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola. It is written in symbol sinh and can be represented as: sinh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ-e⁻ˣ)
coversed sinenoun	(trigonometry) The trigonometric function 1 − sin(x).
sincnoun	(mathematics) Ellipsis of sinc function: f = sin(x)/x.
sine lawnoun	(trigonometry) law of sines
sigmoidal	sigmoid; S-shaped.
sinenoun	(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
gaussoidnoun	(mathematics) A Gaussian curve.
rosenoun	A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
inverse sinenoun	Synonym of arcsine.
square wavenoun	(calculus, engineering, signal processing) A function or waveform that alternates regularly and instantaneously between two levels.
sine formulanoun	(trigonometry) law of sines
snakenoun	Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
sine rulenoun	(trigonometry) law of sines
arsinhnoun	(trigonometry) The area hyperbolic sine function, i.e., the inverse hyperbolic sine function.
sine-gordon equationnoun	(mathematics) A kind of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equation involving the d'Alembert operator and the sine of the unknown function.
arcsinenoun	(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin⁻¹