How to say $\sin^2(x)$ in English

Question

What's the official way to say $\sin^2(x)$? Is it "sin squared of $x$" or "sin of x, pause, squared"?

Answer 1

Either way you mentioned should be clear enough, though the first one is a bit clearer because it could be confused with $\sin(x^2)$ even with the pause.

I usually say "sine squared $x$" and people catch my drift.

Answer 2

I'm from Sweden, but I have mathematics in English so hopefully it should be the same. We would say "sin squared of x" here, however, it might be different in actual English-speaking countries.

Answer 3

How about the square of sine x?

Answer 4

Both ways you wrote it are correct ways of saying $sin^2(x)$. I prefer "sine x squared".