sinus

SY-nuhs · noun

Origin

Sinus is a learned borrowing from Latin sinus, meaning a bent surface, curve, or hollow.

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Sinus is a doublet of sine, meaning both words descend from the same Latin root but entered English through different paths.

From Latin

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