hyperbolic sine

noun

A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as

“sinh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ-e⁻ˣ).”

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Meanings

nounhyperbolic sine (plural hyperbolic sines)

plural hyperbolic sines

  1. mathematicsA hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola, symbolically represented as

    sinh (x)= tfrac 1 2(eˣ-e⁻ˣ).

Translations

Bulgarian хиперболичен синус
  • хиперболичен синус (hiperboličen sinus)hyperbolic function
Finnish hyperbolinen sini
  • hyperbolinen sinihyperbolic function
French sinus hyperbolique
  • sinus hyperboliquehyperbolic function
German Sinus hyperbolicus
  • Sinus hyperbolicushyperbolic function
Icelandic breiðbogasínus
  • breiðbogasínushyperbolic function
Japanese ハイパボリックサイン, 双曲正弦
  • ハイパボリックサイン (haipaborikku sain)hyperbolic function
  • 双曲正弦 (sōkyoku seigen)hyperbolic function
Polish sinus hiperboliczny
  • sinus hiperbolicznyhyperbolic function
Russian гиперболи́ческий си́нус
  • гиперболи́ческий си́нус (giperbolíčeskij sínus)hyperbolic function
Swedish sinus hyperbolicus
  • sinus hyperbolicushyperbolic function
Turkish hiperbolik sinüs
  • hiperbolik sinüshyperbolic function
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APA

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Chicago

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