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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtended}; p. pr &
vb n. {Subtending}.] [L. subtendere sub under + tendere to
stretch, extend. See {Tend}.]
To extend under or be opposed to as the line of a triangle
which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subtend
v : be opposite to of angles and sides, in geometry [syn: {delimit}]
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