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SINUSOID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sinusoid" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The curve of y=sin x

Synonyms:

sine curve; sinusoid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("sinusoid" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave (an undulating curve)

Derivation:

sinusoidal (having a succession of waves or curves)

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