---
title: math.sinh() function
description: >
  `math.sinh()` returns the hyperbolic sine of `x`.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: math.sinh
    parent: math
    identifier: math/sinh
weight: 101
---

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`math.sinh()` returns the hyperbolic sine of `x`.



##### Function type signature

```js
(x: float) => float
```

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## Parameters

### x
({{< req >}})
Value to operate on.




## Examples

- [Return the hyperbolic sine of a value](#return-the-hyperbolic-sine-of-a-value)
- [Use math.sinh in map](#use-mathsinh-in-map)

### Return the hyperbolic sine of a value

```js
import "math"

math.sinh(x: 1.23)// 1.564468479304407


```


### Use math.sinh in map

```js
import "math"
import "sampledata"

sampledata.float()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: math.sinh(x: r._value)}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | *tag | _value  |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1   | -2.18   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1   | 10.92   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1   | 7.35    |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1   | 17.53   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1   | 15.23   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1   | 4.43    |

| _time                | *tag | _value  |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2   | 19.85   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2   | 4.97    |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2   | -3.75   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2   | 19.77   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2   | 13.86   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2   | 1.86    |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value             | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -4.366632364040217 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 27635.399462538164 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 778.0979426223964  | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 20518814.82310186  | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 2057192.6487263965 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 41.95975121029801  | t1   |

| _time                | _value              | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------------------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 208792776.78651446  | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 72.00997211144241   | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -21.248782127103386 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 192740025.25908726  | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 522746.9691817887   | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 3.134032070530569   | t2   |

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