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Definition of subtending

Subtending
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.

Meaning of subtending from wikipedia

- Look up subtend in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In geometry, an angle is subtended by an arc, line segment or any other section of a curve when its...
- do not have 6-metre eye lanes available, and either a half-size chart subtending the same angles at 3 metres (9.8 ft), or a reversed chart projected and...
- viewed is called the apex of the solid angle, and the object is said to subtend its solid angle at that point. In the International System of Units (SI)...
- any bract that arises on a pedicel instead of subtending it. Bracts that appear in a whorl subtending an inflorescence are collectively called an involucre...
- parallax and trigonometry, and is defined as the distance at which 1 AU subtends an angle of one arcsecond (1/3600 of a degree). The nearest star, Proxima...
- to the plane (i.e. radian) angle of the cross-section of a simple cone subtending the plane angle 2θ, with θ given by: θ=arccos⁡(r−hr)=arccos⁡(1−hr)=arccos⁡(1−12π)≈0...
- relates the measure of an inscribed angle to that of the central angle subtending the same arc. The inscribed angle theorem appears as Proposition 20 on...
- also of didactic value.: xiii  Diagrams are usually depicted with the subtending bract below and the axis above the flower itself, both in the median line...
- (more precisely, arc length) of an arc of a circle with radius r and subtending an angle θ (measured in radians) with the circle center — i.e., the central...
- object's size in millimetres[dubious – discuss] (e.g. an object of 100 mm subtending 1 mrad is 100 metres away). So there is no conversion factor required...