SUBTEND


Meaning of SUBTEND in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.