Subtends

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of subtend form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

bump heads confront contend contrapose contraposit contrast

Example

"One parsec is the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond."

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