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subtend

/suhb-tend, suhb-/US // səbˈtɛnd, sʌb- //UK // (səbˈtɛnd) //

减去,减去了,减法,减掉

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
    • : Botany. to occur beneath or close to.
    • : to form or mark the outline or boundary of.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • For this purpose the condenser should subtend as large an angle as possible at the source of light.

  • Leverrier said it might be recognized by its disk, which, moreover, would subtend a certain angle.

  • And two sides of the ordinate quinquangle doe subtend 2/5 of the same.

  • Undersea, submarine; underspan, subtend; underslinking, subterfuge.

  • In like manner the two pale are bracteoles which subtend the flower proper.