A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SINE

Sat, 20 Apr '24
1, for 90°
Sun, 25 Feb '24
Cosecant's reciprocal
Fri, 17 Nov '23
0, for 180
Thu, 13 Jul '23
0, for 180 degrees
Mon, 10 Jul '23
Trig function
Wed, 17 May '23
Kind of wave
Sun, 2 Oct '22
Without: Lat.
Fri, 16 Sep '22
___ wave
Sun, 28 Aug '22
Wave to one's math professor?
Sat, 5 Mar '22
Kind of wave
Thu, 23 Dec '21
It's 1 for 90°
Sun, 19 Dec '21
Trig function
Fri, 3 Sep '21
0, for 0°
Fri, 7 May '21
Reciprocal of cosecant
Sun, 4 Apr '21
Ratio of an angle's opposite side to the hypotenuse
Thu, 11 Mar '21
Function yielding 0 when applied to pi