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Old 29-05-2010, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by sheeny View Post
sin is the standard abbreviation for sine which is the ratio of the opposite side of a right triangle divided by the hypotenuse.
Actually it's much simpler than that. Sine used to be the name of this greek guy who liked his vino too much and used to walk around in the weirdest of patterns. The name stuck and the rest is history. ... so says his mate "co".
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