"subtend" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /sʌbˈtɛnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subtend.wav [Southern-England] 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, {{m|la|sub||under}} sub (“under”), {{m|la|tendere||to stretch, extend}} tendere (“to stretch, extend”), {{m|en|tend}} tend 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: 38 21 41 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: 38 21 41 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle': 27 68 4
  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-8a0qVl2A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 17 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 21 41 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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