circular function
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of circular function
First recorded in 1880–85
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The question so far chiefly considered has been that of the representation of an arbitrary function of the time in terms of functions of a special type, viz. the circular functions cos nt, sin nt.
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Elliptic Functions are generalizations of the circular functions sine, cosine, &c.
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The circular functions have the period 2π; the elliptic functions are doubly periodic, having both a real and a pure imaginary period when k2 is real and less than 1.
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