sine wave
Example Sentences
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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
The room in the film is lined with windows that resemble filmstrips and the moving images are accompanied by a rising tone produced by a sine wave generator.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023
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
“I said, “’Cause, man, number one: we sculpt an electronic signal into a sine wave that’s smooth, or a sawtooth, which is rough.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2017
What if I put a sine wave here or a fraction there?
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
