正弦

zhèngxián
noun #54,438

Meanings

  1. 1 sine

Examples

HSK 5
Sānshí dù jiǎo de zhèngxián děngyú èr fēn zhī yī.
The sine of thirty degrees is one half.
HSK 5
Jiāoliúdiàn de diànyā suí shíjiān àn zhèngxián guīlǜ biànhuà.
The voltage of alternating current rises and falls over time like a sine wave.

Tips

usage
The other basic functions are 余弦 (cosine) and 正切 (tangent). 弦 means "chord": the sine began as half a chord measured in a circle. The 正弦定理 is the law of sines.

Stroke Order

正 zhèng
弦 xián