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.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" from: @(#)sin.3 6.7 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd April 19, 1991
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.Dt SIN 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sin ,
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.Nm sinf
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.Nd sine functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In math.h
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.Ft double
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.Fn sin "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn sinf "float x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn sin
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and the
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.Fn sinf
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functions compute the sine of
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.Fa x
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(measured in radians).
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A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little
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or no significance.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn sin
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and the
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.Fn sinf
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functions return the sine value.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr acos 3 ,
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.Xr asin 3 ,
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.Xr atan 3 ,
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.Xr atan2 3 ,
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.Xr cos 3 ,
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.Xr cosh 3 ,
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.Xr math 3 ,
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.Xr sinh 3 ,
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.Xr tan 3 ,
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.Xr tanh 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn sin
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function conforms to
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.St -isoC .
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