SINE, noun [Latin sinus.] In geometry, the right sine of an arch or arc, is a line drawn from one end of that arch perpendicular to the radius drawn through the other end, and is always equal to half the chord of double the arch.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.