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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

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 sine wave is a smooth, periodic undulation, a mathematical idealization of waves found in nature: energetic seismic waves produced by earthquakes; sonic booms propagating through air; tsunamis spreading across water.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021

“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

He draws a spiral punctured by a sine wave.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman