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subtend

sub·tend [ səb ténd ] (past and past participle sub·tend·ed, present participle sub·tend·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·tends)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. extend opposite angle: to be opposite and delimit the extent of an angle or side of a geometric figure

2. enclose part: to lie underneath something so as to surround or enclose it

[Late 16th century. < Latin subtendere "stretch underneath" < tendere "stretch, extend"]
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