On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Ray - K9DUR <[email protected]> wrote:
> Erwin, > > Please do not take this as criticism. It is merely an attempt to help you > with your English. (That is why I am writing this direct & not on the > e-mail list.) > Oops. > The correct term is "sine wave". The name of the trigonometric functions > are "sine" and "cosine". "Sinus" refers to several cavities in your head > that are part of the nasal passages. > Actually, if you want to be really traditional (and pedantic) and go back to the old Latin, he is right. It was originally called 'sinus wave'. It has the same derivation as the word "sinuous," meaning, "having many curves or bends." Like most things, we just shortened it, to "sine" in this case. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
