What's the difference between sine and sink?

Sine


Definition:

  • (n.) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.
  • (n.) The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.
  • (prep.) Without.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 19 different inserts from these clones along with the SINE, Alu, and the LINE, A36Fc, were used to probe Southern blots of early- and late-replicating hamster or human DNA.
  • (2) Total respiratory resistance (R(T)) was measured by the application of a sine wave of airflow to the mouth at the resonant frequency of the respiratory system.
  • (3) The former time-pattern displays a fast rise and an exponential decay, while the latter exhibits a damped sine wave.
  • (4) The distribution of response intensities from one meridian to another is adequately described by a sine wave function.
  • (5) Flight wingbeat and sine song frequency remain unchanged.
  • (6) In addition, the sine-sweep responses show quite different frequency characteristics in respect of depolarization and repolarization.
  • (7) We then aligned the edges again to produce incoherent motion and superimposed a sine-wave grating on the pattern.
  • (8) A sine wave current stimulus, applied between electrodes placed about one ear and an indifferent electrode, produced a cyclical sway predominantly in the coronal plane.
  • (9) The Bayesian solution to the Behrens-Fisher problem of normal distributions with differing variances was an acceptable compromise after the data had been transformed by the inverse hyperbolic sine method applicable to negative binomials.
  • (10) Observers were asked to discriminate between a simple 3 cpd sine-wave grating, (3), and a complex grating composed of this (3) plus a 9 cpd grating combined in one of two phases: peaks-subtract, (3,9:0), or peaks-add, (3,9:pi).
  • (11) The norepinephrine level increased with the stepwise tilting and the positive linear correlation was observed between the levels and the sine values of tilting angles.
  • (12) During stereotactic surgery, electrical impedance was measured by means of a roving electrode technique with a sine wave current of 10 kc.
  • (13) Beta cell deficiency is a sine qua non of Type 2 diabetes.
  • (14) In this paper we describe and demonstrate phase space trajectories generated for sine waves, mixtures of sine waves, and white noise (random chaotic events).
  • (15) The complex, peripheral and central regulation of TP transport plays an essential role sine TP-hydroxylase is not a saturated enzyme.
  • (16) Second, the evidence about the sensitivity of the brain during the first three years to early environmental input is now beyond dispute, making this the period sine qua non, in terms of investing limited resources to optimise outcomes, particularly for the disadvantaged children exposed to multiple risks.
  • (17) In both axes, the experimental exposure was an approximate half-sine waveform with peak acceleration up to 10 G and velocity change up to 9.2 m X s-1.
  • (18) A pursuit tracking task was carried out to investigate the effects of combinations of sine waves on the development of precognitive mode, which is defined as open-loop mode with little feedback.
  • (19) Data were fit using a two-step sine and cosine regression for each 24-h period.
  • (20) The specialized instruments are the sine qua non of the procedure.

Sink


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.
  • (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
  • (v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
  • (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
  • (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
  • (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
  • (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
  • (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
  • (v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.
  • (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
  • (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
  • (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
  • (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
  • (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arterial-type flows produced a pair of vortex sinks downstream of the branching port.
  • (2) The compromised ice sheet tilts and he sinks into the Arctic Sea on the back of his faltering white Icelandic pony.
  • (3) These recent Times scoops about Obama's policies do not sink to the level of the Judy Miller debacle.
  • (4) Comparatively the virus strength sinks more slowly at 4 degrees C in the more mineralized river water (figure 2).
  • (5) Milk poured from higher (5-10cm above the cup) will sink beneath the surface.
  • (6) The chylomicrons in particular, become separated from the VLDL, the sinking pre-beta-lipoprotein or Lp (a) was identifiable and the type III hyperlipemia was easily diagnosed.
  • (7) It’s another squalid reminder of Conservative priorities, and how low they are prepared to sink in pursuit of them.
  • (8) Chinese drugs constitute a unique medicinal system that features the following three subsystems: subsystem of medicinal substances consisting of traditional theories such as "four properties and five tastes of drugs" and "the principal, adjuvant, auxiliary and conduct ingredients in a prescription' , etc; subsystem of pharmacological actions comprising the theory of "ascending, descending, floating and sinking", etc; Subsystem of human body's functions incorporating the theory of "drugs to act on the channels".
  • (9) In women, but not in men, there was a rise in the risk of falling from 45 years, peaking in the 55-59 year age group, and sinking to a nadir at ages 70-74.
  • (10) 81% of all sinks were contaminated with P. aeruginosa strains.
  • (11) During the early part of the experiments, when the sink condition was maintained, FAH was the most effective for hairless mouse skin, whereas Azone showed the highest effect in the rat skin.
  • (12) Opening of water taps generated aerosols containing P. aeruginosa sink organisms which contaminated hands during hand washing.
  • (13) Rats were classified into sinking and non-sinking groups, according to the appearance of sinking behavior over a 2 hr test.
  • (14) The laminar pattern of current sources and sinks coincident with this component was more complicated after bicuculline, reflecting the summation of current flows associated with disinhibited lamina 4 activity.
  • (15) But the reality of it began to sink in, and when I met with Kathy Kennedy [the Lucasfilm president and Star Wars executive producer], my gut said this is not something to reject.
  • (16) For here we see the depravity to which man can sink, the barbarity that unfolds when we begin to see our fellow human beings as somehow less than us, less worthy of dignity and life; we see how evil can, for a moment in time, triumph when good people do nothing."
  • (17) Waste eluates are collected and drained to the sink by a Teflon tray positioned between the columns and counting tubes, also held by the turntable.
  • (18) But it has been overwhelmed by the story of the sinking of the Sewol.
  • (19) Since biogenic particulate products, especially fecal pellets, are known to sink rapidly and intact to the ocean bottom, the transport of PCB's by such sinking particles could be an important mechanism which contributes to the penetration of PCB's into the deep sea.
  • (20) The receptor component had a current source in the outer segments (90% depth) and a sink in the ONL (70% depth).