Subtend

verb

/sʌbˈtɛnd/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.

2.verb(also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.

"A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle."

3.verbTo form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc

"The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ."

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