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Definition of Sinical
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
Definition of Sinical
1. Adjective. (dated mathematics) of, relating to, or constructed using sines ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinical
1. relating to a function of an angle [adj]
Medical Definition of Sinical
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinical
Literary usage of Sinical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Guide to Railway Masonry: Containing a Complete Treatise on the Oblique by Peter Nicholson, R. Cowen (1860)
"Each of the curves thus drawn by means of a quadrantal arc, is called the figure
of the sines, or a sinical curve ; therefore the projection of a ..."
2. A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of by Charles Hutton (1815)
"sinical QUADRANT, ¡ь one of some use in Navigation. ... The chief use of the
sinical quadrant, is to form upon it triangles similar to those made by a ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... next th' analogy is sought, And on the sinical triangle wrought : By this
magnetic variance is ..."
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