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 (n): ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
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1 day ago telofy said:

Could someone enlighten me as to whether or not sine in the Latin sense of "without" is also pronounced /saɪn/? Thanks.

Edit: I hope the program is right: http://www.dict.cc/?s=sine qua non

I now have access to the online OED, I'm so ecstatic!
OED says: /'saɪnɪ/ or /'sɪneɪ/

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