subtend (English, verb)
expansion: subtend (third-person singular simple present subtends, present participle subtending, simple past and past participle subtended)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: transitive
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
tags: also
transitive
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc.
tags: transitive
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: To stand beneath or close to, as a bract at the base of a flower.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: subtends
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subtending
tags: participle
present
form: subtended
tags: participle
past
form: subtended
tags: past