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sinus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sinus. Doublet of sine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?n?s/
- Rhymes: -a?n?s
Noun
sinus (plural sinuses)
- (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
- (anatomy) A channel for transmitting venous blood.
- (botany) A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
- (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
- A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Sunis, nisus
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sinus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?si.nus/
Noun
sinus m (plural sinus)
- sine
Derived terms
- cosinus
See also
- tangent
- cosecant
- secant
- cotangent
Further reading
- “sinus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Latin sinus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?nus]
- Hyphenation: si?nus
Noun
sinus m inan
- (trigonometry) sine
- (anatomy) sinus
Declension
Related terms
- kosinus
Further reading
- sinus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- sinus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
- sinus in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Danish
Noun
sinus c (singular definite sinussen, plural indefinite sinusser)
- (geometry) sine
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si?nus
Etymology 1
From Latin sinus.
Noun
sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)
- (trigonometry) sine
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: sinus
Etymology 2
From Latin sinus.
Noun
sinus m (plural sinussen, diminutive sinusje n)
- sinus
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: sinus
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin sinus. Compare the inherited doublet sein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nys/
Noun
sinus m (plural sinus)
- (anatomy) sinus
- (trigonometry) sine
See also
- cosécante
- cosinus
- cotangente
- sécante
- tangente
Further reading
- “sinus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch sinus, from Latin sinus, from Proto-Indo-European *sinos
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sin?s]
- Hyphenation: si?nus
Noun
sinus (first-person possessive sinusku, second-person possessive sinusmu, third-person possessive sinusnya)
- sinus.
- (trigonometry) sine.
Further reading
- “sinus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *sinos; akin to Albanian gji (“breast, bosom”).
The mathematical sense ‘chord of an arc, sine’ was introduced in the 12th century by Gherardo of Cremona as a semantic loan from Arabic ?????? (jayb, “chord, sine”) (ultimately a loan from Sanskrit ???? (jy?, “bowstring”)) by confusion with ?????? (jayb, “bosom, fold in a garment”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?si.nus/, [?s??n?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?si.nus/, [?si?nus]
Noun
sinus m (genitive sin?s); fourth declension
- a hollow, cavity
- curve, fold, winding
- gulf, bay
- (by extension) cove
- bosom
- fold of the toga over the breast, pocket, lap
- heart, secret feelings
- (Medieval Latin, mathematics) chord of an arc, sine
- (Medieval Latin) fjord
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (bosom): pectus
Derived terms
- sinu?s?
- sinu?sus
Related terms
- sinu?
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *sh?ih?sno-, deverbative of *seh?y- ‘to sift, strain’ (compare Ancient Greek ???? (?thé?), Lithuanian sijóti, Serbo-Croatian s?jati).
Alternative forms
- s?num
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?si?.nus/, [?s?i?n?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?si.nus/, [?si?nus]
Noun
s?nus m (genitive s?n?); second declension
- a large bowl
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- sinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- sinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sinus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Noun
sinus
- locative singular of sitnu
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sinus.
Noun
sinus m (definite singular sinusen, indefinite plural sinuser, definite plural sinusene)
- (trigonometry) sine
- (anatomy) sinus
Related terms
- cosinus
References
- “sinus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sinus.
Noun
sinus m (definite singular sinusen, indefinite plural sinusar, definite plural sinusane)
- (trigonometry) sine
- (anatomy) sinus
Related terms
- cosinus
References
- “sinus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?si.nus/
Noun
sinus m inan
- sine
Declension
Derived terms
- sinusowy, sinusoida
Romanian
Etymology
From French sinus
Noun
sinus n (plural sinusuri)
- sine (trigonometric function)
Veps
Pronoun
sinus
- inessive of sinä
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tearpit
English
Etymology
tear +? pit
Noun
tearpit (plural tearpits)
- (anatomy) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus or larmier.
Anagrams
- -partite, partite, prattie
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