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Definition of Subtend
1. Verb. Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry.
Definition of Subtend
1. v. t. To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
Definition of Subtend
1. Verb. (transitive) To extend or stretch underneath or opposite something ¹
2. Verb. (mathematics) To enclose an arc on a circle with an angle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtend
1. to extend under or opposite to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtend
Literary usage of Subtend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"To find the condition that the intercept made by the circle on the line x cos a
+ y sin a =p should subtend a right angle at the point x'y'. ..."
2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"Given two circles, one within the other, a point can be found such that the
extreme portions of any right line cutting both circles shall subtend equal ..."
3. A Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry as Applied to the Straight Line and by Isaac Todhunter (1881)
"Similarly the two tangents drawn from any point to a parabola subtend equal angles
at the focus. With respect to the hyperbola we have to distinguish two ..."
4. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1865)
"Another circle may be found, through the centre of which if any straight line be
drawn cutting the other two, the segments within the ring will subtend ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... so as to produce darkness over the sections they subtend, while they spread
the rays which they intercept Fig. 4. uniformly over, and thus strengthen, ..."
6. Elements of Physics: Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical ; Explained by Neil Arnott (1829)
"... standing near the outside of a window, as bc (shewn here edgeways), may to a
spectator seated within the window at h, subtend the same visual angle, ..."
7. A Shorter Geometry by Charles Godfrey, Arthur Warry Siddons (1912)
"In equal circles (or, in the same circle) (1) if two arcs subtend equal angles
... (2) Conversely, if two arcs are equal, they subtend equal angles at the ..."
8. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"... + y sina =p should subtend a right angle at the point x'y'. ... p by the circle
x* + g* + 2$rz + 2/y + c = 0 may subtend a right angle at the origin. ..."
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