sine

n. (in right triangles) ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse (Trigonometry)

Maurice Sinet, known as Siné (born December 31 1928 in Paris) is a French cartoonist.As a young man he studied drawing and graphic arts, earning his life as a cabaret singer.After his military service he starts publishing his drawings and also works as a photo-retoucher for porn magazines.. His first published drawing appeared in France-Dimanche in 1952. Siné received the Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir in 1955 for his collection Complainte sans Paroles.
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SINEs are present in great numbers in many eukaryote genomes. They are repeated, unblocked, and dispersed throughout the genome sequences. They represent retrotransposons (included in the genome transcripts of intracellular RNA). They constitute more than 13% of the genome of humans and other mammals. They are very useful as markers for phylogenetic analysis, because species exhibit variation in the genomic localization of SINE inserts. (Altukhov and Salmenkova 2002) The most famous SINE family are the Alu repeats typical of the human genome.
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In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions) are functions of an angle. They are important in the study of triangles and modeling periodic phenomena, among many other applications. Trigonometric functions are commonly defined as ratios of two sides of a right triangle containing the angle, and can equivalently be defined as the lengths of various line segments from a unit circle. More modern definitions express them as infinite series or as solutions of certain differential equations, allowing their extension to arbitrary positive and negative values and even to complex numbers.
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Noun
1. ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
(synonym) sin
(hypernym) trigonometric function, circular function

adv. sine die

n. SI, B

v. keep down, crouch, cringe, duck, permeate, pervade