subtending
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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary sub·tend v. Pronunciation: səb- ' tend Function: transitive verb Etymology: Latin subtendere to stretch beneath, from sub- + tendere to stretch ― more at THIN Date: 1570 1 a : to be opposite to and extend from one side to the other of <a hypotenuse subtend s a right angle> b : to fix the angular extent of with respect to a fixed point or object taken as the vertex <a central angle subtend ed by an arc> <the angle subtend ed at the eye by an object of given width and a fixed distance away> c : to determine the measure of by marking off the endpoints of <a chord subtend s an arc> 2 a : to underlie so as to include b : to occupy an adjacent and usually lower position to and often so as to embrace or enclose <a bract that subtend s a flower>]]>