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<h1 class="refname">sinh</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">sinh</span> — <span class="dc-title">Hyperbolic sine</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">float</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>sinh</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$arg</code></span>
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Returns the hyperbolic sine of <em><code class="parameter">arg</code></em>,
defined as <em>(exp(arg) - exp(-arg))/2</em>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">arg</code></em></span>
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The argument to process
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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The hyperbolic sine of <em><code class="parameter">arg</code></em>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.sin.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sin()</a> - Sine</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.asinh.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">asinh()</a> - Inverse hyperbolic sine</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.cosh.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">cosh()</a> - Hyperbolic cosine</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.tanh.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">tanh()</a> - Hyperbolic tangent</span></li>
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