Sinusoidal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinusoidal \Si`nus*oid"al\, a. (Geom.)
     Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  curved \curved\ adj.
     1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
        {straight}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
           arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle-shaped}; {flexuous};
           {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate};
           {semicircular}: {serpentine, snaky}: {sinuate, sinuous,
           wavy}: {sinusoidal}]
  
     Syn: curving.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
        touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
        {orthotropous}.
  
     Syn: campylotropous.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sinusoidal
       adj : having a succession of waves or curves