Post #1377858
2026-04-18 15:03 UTC
An easy puzzle about mathematical terminology.
Name a language that uses the _same_ word for BOWSTRING and SINE.
Context:
A BOWSTRING is a well-known concrete example of a _chord_ (of a circle).
The SINE function is immediately related to a _chord's_ length.
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As a spoiler of sorts,
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and for extra credit,
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recall how the word SINUS, Latin for FOLD, GULF, POCKET
(all rather different from bowstrings),
came to be used to name that function.
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My other bowstring is a quiver.
#HistoryOfMathematics
#Terminology
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