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1. (v.t.) subtend
Geom. to extend under or be opposite to:
a chord subtending an arc.
2. subtend
(of a leaf, bract, etc.) to occur beneath or close to.
3. subtend
to form or mark the outline or boundary of.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L subtendere to stretch beneath =sub-sub - +tendere to stretch)
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1. (verb) subtend, delimit
be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
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1. (verb) subtend
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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