Meaning of sinus | Babel Free

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1. A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
2. A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus)
3. An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
4. An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel
5. A cavity or hollow, as in the skull’s air-filled nasal sinuses and in the channels draining venous blood from the brain.
6. Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.
   attributive
7. Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat
8. (usually in plural) an air-filled hollow in the bones of the skull, connected with the nose. His sinuses frequently become blocked in the winter; (also adjective) He suffers from sinus trouble. sinus جَيْب أنْفي синус seios nasais dutiny die Nebenhöhle/Nebenhöhlen bihule; bihule- ιγμόρειο seno põsekoobas حفره poskiontelo sinusסינוס विवर, खातिका sinus, šupljina homloküreg sinus ennishola fistola; seno とう(の) 만곡부, 부비강(副鼻腔) sinusas sinuss sinus sinusbihulezatoka خلا، سورى (په تېره دكوپړۍ چې دسر ا...
   usually in plural
9. An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface.
10. An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface
11. L. sinus, seno, cavidad de abertura estrecha;___ rhythm → ritmo sinusal.
12. A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal.
13. A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal
14. A depression or cavity formed by a bending or curving.
15. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
16. Anatomy a. A dilated channel or receptacle containing chiefly venous blood.
    Anatomy
17. Synonym of sine.
18. Medicine A fistula leading from a pus-filled cavity.
    Medicine
19. Botany A recess or indentation between two lobes or segments, as of a leaf.
    Botany
20. (Anatomy) anatomy a. any bodily cavity or hollow space
    anatomy
21. (Pathology) pathol a passage leading to a cavity containing pus
    pathol
22. (Botany) botany a small rounded notch between two lobes of a leaf, petal, etc
    botany

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Examples

“So, in the helicopteron, as the helix is at the same time a sustaining plane, it should be likened to a surface moving horizontally, and in which, consequenty, the resistance to motion will be to the lifting power as the sinus is to the cosinus of the angle formed by such plane with the horizon.”

“The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.”

“Basically, the rotation of the matrix of the factor loadings L represents its post-multiplication, i.e. L* = LO by the rotation matrix O, which itself resembles one of the matrices included in the classical rotational Lie groups SO(m) (containing the specific m–fold combination of sinuses and cosinuses.”

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