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sine wave

NOUN
wave in shape of sine curve
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Fosse suggests, through the Emcee, that though the West’s relationship to queerness may bear the pattern of a sine wave, the Grande Human Cabaret can never metaphorically or spiritually close.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2025

“I said, ’Cause, man, No. 1: we sculpt an electronic signal into a sine wave that’s smooth, or a sawtooth, which is rough.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2024

One model put forth in 1990 assumed riders rock backward and forward at a constant frequency in simple sinusoidal motion—meaning the movement makes the shape of a sine wave in time.

From Science Magazine Apr. 6, 2023

The trace is simply a two-dimensional sine wave.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

He draws a spiral punctured by a sine wave.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman



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