Sine

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1. Noun

The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.

2. Noun

The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.

3. Preposition

Without.

4. Noun

A trigonometric function related to the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right triangle

5. Noun

ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
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