A 43° angle subtends an arc of about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.
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Subtend
//sʌbˈtɛnd//
Synonyms for "subtend" (22 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- принадлежа verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
French
1 entries- sous-tendre verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
German
4 entries- abschneiden verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
- begrenzen verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
- gegenüberliegen verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
- sich erstrecken gegenüber von verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
Hungarian
1 entries- bezár verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
Ido
1 entries- klozar arko verb (to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line)
Italian
1 entries- sottendere verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
Russian
1 entries- стя́гивать verb (to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line)
Turkish
1 entries- karşılık gelmek verb (to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chắn (cung) verb (to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line)
Sample sentences
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A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
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An arc measuring about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter subtends an angle of about 43°.
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[…] trillions of bacteria, each equally an individual, which are found in a person’s gut, his mouth, his scalp, his skin and all of the crevices and orifices that subtend from his body’s surface.
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