sinusoid

A noun with two distinct meanings: a small, endothelium-lined passage for blood within the tissue of an organ; or the mathematical curve representing the sine function, y = sin x.

• 🇫🇷Nom avec deux sens distincts : un petit canal tapissé d'endothélium qui conduit le sang dans les tissus d'un organe ; ou une courbe mathématique représentant la fonction sinus, y = sin x.

1. Blood vessel C1 formal medical

   A small, endothelium-lined channel or passage that allows blood to flow through certain organs, such as the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.

   • The liver sinusoids allow blood to come into contact with hepatocytes.
   • Sinusoids are wider than typical capillaries.
   • Blood flows through the sinusoids of the spleen.

   🇫🇷Sinusoïde vasculaire

2. Mathematical curve B2 formal scientific

   The smooth, periodic curve that represents the sine function, typically described by the equation y = sin(x).

   • The graph of y = sin(x) is a classic sinusoid.
   • Engineers use sinusoids to model alternating current.
   • The sinusoid oscillates between -1 and 1.

   🇫🇷Courbe sinusoïdale

   Synonymes: sine curvesine wave

• sinusoids plural form
• sinusoids' possessive plural form
• sinusoid's possessive singular form