having a magnitude that varies as the sine of an independent variable
a sinusoidal current
Derived forms
sinusoidally
adverb
Word origin
[1875–80; sinusoid + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, authoritarian, overdraft, slime mold, weekender
Examples of 'sinusoidal' in a sentence
sinusoidal
This model involves adding up sinusoidal waves (of the mathematical kind) to describe waves of the watery kind.