ALL meanings of subtend
sub·tend
S s - 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