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sinusoidal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪnəˈsɔɪdəl/ / /ˌsɑɪnəˈsoɪdəl/ / /ˌsaɪnəˈsoɪdəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English sinusoid Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English sinusoidal From sinusoid + -al.

  1. Having the shape or characteristics of a sine wave.

    An averager of the sort described earlier would operate such that, as the frequency of sinusoidal variation of ITD was increased, more and more samples of the dynamically varying ITD would fall within the averaging window and the effective ITD would tend toward their mean of zero.

  2. Relating to any of several channels (the sinusoids) through which venous blood passes in various organs.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sinusoid Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English sinusoidal From sinusoid + -al.

  1. A sine wave (or combination of such waves)