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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word subtends:

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  1. subtends: Merriam-Webster
  2. subtends: Collins English Dictionary
  3. subtends: Vocabulary.com
  4. subtends: Wordnik
  5. subtends: Wiktionary
  6. subtends: Dictionary.com
  7. subtends: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subtends: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (subtend)

verb:  (transitive, mathematics) 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.
verb:  (transitive, 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.
verb:  (transitive, mathematics) To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc.
verb:  (botany, transitive) To stand beneath or close to, as a bract at the base of a flower.
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