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SIN(3)                 FreeBSD Library Functions Manual                 SIN(3)

NAME
     sin, sinf, sinl - sine functions

LIBRARY
     Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <math.h>

     double
     sin(double x);

     float
     sinf(float x);

     long double
     sinl(long double x);

DESCRIPTION
     The sin(), sinf(), and sinl() functions compute the sine of x (measured
     in radians).  A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little
     or no significance.

RETURN VALUES
     The sin(), sinf(), and sinl() functions return the sine value.

SEE ALSO
     acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), csin(3), math(3),
     sinh(3), tan(3), tanh(3)

STANDARDS
     These functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99").

HISTORY
     The sin() function first appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6          April 1, 2020         FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6

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