sine curve
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sine curve
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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He talks a lot about what you just mentioned, which is the sort of sine curve of public interest in surveillance.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024
A shifted sine curve arises naturally when graphing the number of hours of daylight in a given location as a function of the day of the year.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
It’s surprisingly hard to define what it means for a space to be connected, but I attempted to when I wrote about the topologist’s sine curve.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2015
Murray compared the process to a sine curve: one simple equation can define a limitless contour of hills and valleys—with every point on that contour generated independently of every other.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
Out of the four large windows facing the water she can see the sine curve of the coastline, the serrated firs in the distance, the glittery amethyst sea.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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