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Subtend

Subtend Meaning & Definition
Subtend Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subtend?

[v] be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

Synonyms | Synonyms for Subtend: delimit

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Subtend In Webster's Dictionary

\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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