Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sine wave
n 1: a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sine wave":
Lissajous figure, alternation, back-and-forth, coming and going,
ebb and flow, flux and reflux, reciprocation, rhythmic play,
seesaw, seesawing, teeter, teeter-totter, teeter-tottering,
teetering, to-and-fro, tottering, ups and downs, wigwag
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
sine wave
A waveform of a single constant frequency and
amplitude that continues for all time.
Compare wavelet.
(1994-11-09)