English dictionary

subtend

/s/@/b't/E/nd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

verb.stative

Synonyms delimit

Source: WordNet 3.0
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which <i>subtends</i> the right angle; the chord <i>subtends</i> an arc.

verb

Source: webster1913