Meanings
comparative more sinusoidal · superlative most sinusoidal
- mathematicsHaving the shape or characteristics of a sine wave.
An averager of the sort described earlier would operate such that, as the frequency of sinusoidal variation of ITD was increased, more and more samples of the dynamically varying ITD would fall within the averaging window and the effective ITD would tend toward their mean of zero.
2014, Robert Gilkey, Timothy R. Anderson, Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsinusoid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishsinusoidal
Translations
Finnish sinimuotoinen
- sinimuotoinenin the form of a sine wave
French sinusoïdal
- sinusoïdalin the form of a sine wave
German sinusförmig
- sinusförmigin the form of a sine wave
Greek ημιτονοειδής
- ημιτονοειδής (imitonoeidís)in the form of a sine wave
Icelandic sínus-, sínuslaga
- sínus-in the form of a sine wave
- sínuslagain the form of a sine wave
Polish sinusoidalny
- sinusoidalnyin the form of a sine wave
Portuguese senoidal, sinusoidal
- senoidalin the form of a sine wave
- sinusoidalin the form of a sine wave
Russian синусоида́льный
- синусоида́льный (sinusoidálʹnyj)in the form of a sine wave
Spanish senoidal, sinusoidal
- senoidalin the form of a sine wave
- sinusoidalin the form of a sine wave
Swedish sinusformad
- sinusformadin the form of a sine wave
Tagalog sinwayin
- sinwayinin the form of a sine wave
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sinusoidal
Cite this entry
sinusoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusoidal
“sinusoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusoidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sinusoidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sinusoidal.
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