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Subtend

/sʌbˈtɛnd/

To 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.

📖 Definitions of "Subtend"

verb

1
To 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
(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
To 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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