正弦定理

zhèngxiándìnglǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 law of sines (mathematics)

Examples

Yòng zhèngxián dìnglǐ kěyǐ qiú chū sānjiǎoxíng de biāncháng.
We can find the side lengths of a triangle using the law of sines.
Lǎoshī zài hēibǎn shàng tuīdǎole zhèngxián dìnglǐ.
The teacher derived the law of sines on the blackboard.

Tips

memory
(zhèngxián) = sine, 定理 (dìnglǐ) = theorem. The full law: a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sinC = 2R, where R is the circumscribed circle's radius. Once you know and 定理 separately, the term decodes itself.

Stroke Order

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