verb · transitive · rare

subtend

subtend · subtends · subtended · subtending

стягивать

sich erstrecken gegenüber von, gegenüberliegen, abschneiden, begrenzen

To use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or…To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.

/sʌbˈtɛnd/

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

Ein Parsec ist die Entfernung, in welcher eine Astronomische Einheit im Winkel von einer Bogensekunde erscheint.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
A 43° angle subtends an arc of about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.
стя́гиватьstjágivatʹ
(also, transitive)To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
An arc measuring about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter subtends an angle of about 43°.
sich erstrecken gegenüber von, gegenüberliegen, abschneiden
(transitive)To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc.
The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ.
(transitive)To stand beneath or close to, as a bract at the base of a flower.

More definitions

be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

Examples

1 sentences

One parsec is the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond.
deEin Parsec ist die Entfernung, in welcher eine Astronomische Einheit im Winkel von einer Bogensekunde erscheint.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to use an angle to delimit part of a straight or curved line:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to extend or stretch opposite something, often to delimit an angle:

Origin

From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”), itself a seman

From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”), itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “to subtend”), from which hypotenuse also derives. See tend.

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