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Noun: cosine curve
  1. A curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is of the form y = a cos x.
    "The shape of the cosine curve is the same for each full rotation of the angle and so the function is called 'periodic'."

Type of: curve, curved shape

Encyclopedia: Cosine curve