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subtend

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Main Entry:
sub·tend 
          Listen to the pronunciation of subtend
Pronunciation:
\səb-ˈtend\
Function:
transitive verb
Etymology:
Latin subtendere to stretch beneath, from sub- + tendere to stretch — more at thin
Date:
1570
1 a: to be opposite to and extend from one side to the other of <a hypotenuse subtends a right angle> b: to fix the angular extent of with respect to a fixed point or object taken as the vertex <a central angle subtended by an arc> <the angle subtended at the eye by an object of given width and a fixed distance away> c: to determine the measure of by marking off the endpoints of <a chord subtends an arc>2 a: to underlie so as to include b: to occupy an adjacent and usually lower position to and often so as to embrace or enclose <a bract that subtends a flower>


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