transcription, транскрипция: [ səb-ˈtend ]
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