subtend

3 definitions found

subtend - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

subtend - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  subtend
      v 1: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn:
           subtend, delimit]

subtend - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "subtend":
     bump heads, confront, contend, contrapose, contraposit, contrast,
     counteract, face, front, lie opposite, match, meet head-on, oppose,
     polarize, pose against, put in opposition, set over against,
     stand opposed, stand opposite