'Subtend' definitions:
Definition of 'subtend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn: subtend, delimit]
Definition of 'Subtend'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subtend'
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