Definition:Hyperbolic Sine/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Hyperbolic Sine
The usual symbol sinh for hyperbolic sine is awkward to pronounce.
Some pedagogues say it as shine, and some as sinch.
Others prefer the mouthful which is hyperbolic sine.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic functions
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic functions
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic function