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subtend

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7 lettersPronunciation /sʌbˈtɛnd/Part of speech verbSorted bdenstuStarts with SEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

Word origin

From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”), itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “to subtend”), from which hypotenuse also derives. See tend.

Used in a sentence

  • A 43° angle subtends an arc of about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.
  • A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
  • An arc measuring about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter subtends an angle of about 43°.

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