"subtend" meaning in All languages combined

See subtend on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /sʌbˈtɛnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subtend.wav Forms: subtends [present, singular, third-person], subtending [participle, present], subtended [participle, past], subtended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”). See tend. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|subtendere}} Latin subtendere Head templates: {{en-verb}} subtend (third-person singular simple present subtends, present participle subtending, simple past and past participle subtended)
  1. (transitive, mathematics) 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 Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line): klozar arko (Ido), стя́гивать (stjágivatʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-subtend-en-verb-vlOxbwb6 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 21 44 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line': 70 27 3
  2. (transitive, 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. Tags: also, transitive Translations (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle): принадлежа (prinadleža) (Bulgarian), sous-tendre (French), sich erstrecken gegenüber von (German), gegenüberliegen (German), abschneiden (German), begrenzen (German), bezár (Hungarian), sottendere (Italian), karşılık gelmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-subtend-en-verb-RwjkKLvY Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 21 44 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle': 30 65 5
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-subtend-en-verb-tI8~AQYr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 16 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 21 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 9 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 16 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 14 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 15 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 34 13 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 13 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 13 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 14 51 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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