Sine vs Sie - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sine and sie

is that sine is in a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse while sie is a drop.

As a verb sie is

to sink; fall; drop.

As a pronoun sie is

Gender-neutral (or multigendered) subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she, or singular they

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
* ----
sie
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l) (Scotland)
Verb

To sink; fall; drop.

To fall, as in a swoon; faint.

(dialectal) To drop, as water; trickle.

To sift.

(dialectal) To strain, as milk; filter.

Noun
(en noun)
A drop.

Related terms
* (l)
Etymology 2

Alternative forms
* (l)
Pronoun

(neologism)

* 1993 September 24, Alex Martelli, "punishment vs ethics (was Re: Discipline my daughters)", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :

If the child is about the intellectual equal of the parent, sie will eventually start holding hir own in discussions,

* {{quote-book
, year = 2010 , date = September 16 , title = Amaranth and Ash , author = Jessica Freely , publisher = Lightning Source , location = La Vergne , isbn = 9781461136620 , page = 101 , passage = "You must be Ash," sie said, hir voice a shade deeper than Amaranth's. , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=WpHMcQAACAAJ }}
* {{quote-book
, year = 2011 , date = May 19 , title = The Other Genders: Androgyne, Genderqueer, Non-Binary Gender Variant , author = Ken Wickham , publisher = CreateSpace , isbn = 9781461136620 , page = 7 , passage = Sie may feel that hir actual identity of hir gender is supposed to be both/neither male or female, outside of gender, third gender, beyond gender, absence of gender, mixing gender, changing gender, or all genders. , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=zWmWZwEACAAJ }}
* {{quote-book
, year = 2011 , date = August 16 , title = Disability Culture and Community Performance: Find a Strange and Twisted Shape , author = Petra Kuppers , publisher = Palgrave Macmillan , location = New York , isbn = 9780230298279 , id = , lccn = 2011012058 , page = 18 , passage = When I asked hir about hir preferred self-identification in this scene, sie' offered me this language, '' sie sharply performs the hotness of teasing all the audience from the edge-space of androgyny.' , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=jAP1tgAACAAJ }}
Synonyms
* (gender-neutral) he or she, * (gender-neutral) (singular) they * (gender-neutral) (neologism) e, ey, shi, ze, per
Anagrams
*
See also
* other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns ----