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ALL meanings of subtend

sub·tend
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  • transitive verb subtend underlie 1
  • transitive verb subtend mathematics: delimit 1
  • verb with object subtend Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc. 1
  • verb with object subtend Botany. (of a leaf, bract, etc.) to occur beneath or close to. 1
  • verb with object subtend to form or mark the outline or boundary of. 1
  • verb subtend to underlie; be inherent in 0
  • verb transitive subtend to extend under or be opposite to in position 0
  • verb transitive subtend to enclose in an angle, as between a leaf and its stem 0
  • verb subtend to be opposite to and delimit (an angle or side) 0
  • verb subtend (of a bract, stem, etc) to have (a bud or similar part) growing in its axil 0
  • verb subtend to mark off 0
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