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sine wave

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A waveform with deviation that can be graphically expressed as the sine curve.

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  • noun trigonometry, signal processing A waveform described by the sine function, possibly shifted by some phase.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve

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synonyms (18)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Lissajous figure
  2. alternation
  3. back-and-forth
  4. coming and going
  5. ebb and flow
  6. flux and reflux
  7. reciprocation
  8. rhythmic play
  9. seesaw
  10. seesawing
  11. teeter
  12. teeter-totter
  13. teeter-tottering
  14. teetering
  15. to-and-fro
  16. tottering
  17. ups and downs
  18. wigwag

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. undulation
  2. wave

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