subtends

Meaning of subtends

verb
  1. To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
  2. (also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
    A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
  3. To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc
    The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ.

Information about subtends

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of subtends is: subtend.
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Hyphenation of subtends

sub-tends

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • subtends is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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