sine curve


noun Mathematics.

a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.

Origin of sine curve

First recorded in 1900–05

Example sentences from the Web for sine curve

  • Behind them the ship sent up an oily plume and the sine-curve wail of the radioactivity warning could be faintly heard.

    The Syndic |C.M. Kornbluth

British Dictionary definitions for sine curve

sine curve

noun

a curve of the equation y = sin x Also called: sinusoid