Found 2 items, similar to Subtended.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: subtend
subtend
v : be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn:
delimit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Subtended
Subtend
\Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Subtended; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Subtending.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to
stretch, extend. See
Tend.]
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle
which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
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