subtend

Значение (Английский)

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (transitive) To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc.
4. (transitive) To stand beneath or close to, as a bract at the base of a flower.

Синонимы

delimit

apposition

face

underlie

Переводы

sous-tendre

sottendere

entgegensetzen

umspannen

unterspannen

κείμαι έναντι

κείμαι υποκάτω

delimitar

subtender

delimitar

taşımak

قابل

karşılık gelmek

entgegenkommen

gegenüberliegen

Произносится как (IPA)

/sʌbˈtɛnd/

Этимология (Английский)

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.