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burnish | sine |

As a verb burnish

is to make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.

As a noun sine is

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burnish

English

Verb

  • To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
  • * Dryden
    • The frame of burnished steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
  • * Cunningham
    • Now the village windows blaze, / Burnished by the setting sun.
  • To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
  • * Dryden
    • A slender poet must have time to grow, / And spread and burnish as his brothers do.
  • * Herbert
    • My thoughts began to burnish , sprout, and swell.

    Synonyms

    * (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing) wax, shine, polish, furbish, buff

    sine

    English

    (wikipedia sine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

    • Usage notes

    In various branches of mathematics, the sine of an angle is determined in various ways, including the following: * The y''-coordinate]] of the point on the unit circle at the given anticlockwise angle from the [[x-axis, ''x -axis. * The sum of the real or complex power series

         \sum_{n=1}^\inftyx^{2n-1} = x - {1\over 6} x^3 + {1\over 120} x^5 - {1\over 5040} x^7 + ...

    where x is in radians.

    Synonyms

    * Symbol: sin

    Derived terms

    * arcsine * cosine * sine wave * sinusoid * sinusoidal

    See also

    * cosecant * cotangent * secant * tangent * trigonometry

    Anagrams

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