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subtend

sub·tend

UK/sʌbˈtɛnd/ uncommon

verb

1.

be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

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Origin

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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