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noun
Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin−1
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: arc sine, arcsin, inverse sine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trigonometric function, circular function
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erkw- Proto-Indo-European *h2erkwos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- Proto-Indo-European *sinos Proto-Italic *sinus Latin sinusbor. English sine English arcsine From arc- + sine.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
