Subtend
[sәb'tend]
Definition
(v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
Inputed by Bruno
Definition
v.t. to extend under or be opposite to.—n. Subtense′ (geom.) a line subtending or stretching across.
Typist: Theodore
Examples
- Leverrier said it might be recognized by its disk, which, mor eover, would subtend a certain angle. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The geometer is always talking of squaring, subtending, apposing, as if he had in view action; whereas knowledge is the real object of the study. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Ludwig