Sine has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
"To find the sine of the angle in that right triangle, you simply divide the length of the opposite leg by the length of the hypotenuse."
2
In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
"The genomic analysis identified a burst of SINE activity that disrupted several genes in the early embryo."
3
Acronym of short interspersed element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.
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