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subtense

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In geom., a line subtending or stretching across; the chord of an are; a line opposite to an angle spoken of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Geom.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun geometry A line which subtends, especially the chord of an arc.
  • noun geometry The angle subtended by a line at a point.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • A rough calculation based on an angular subtense of 1/2 degree and a distance of 30,000 feet suggests that the shadow would be wholly washed out.

    The Glory - The Panda's Thumb

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. chord

same context (14)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. 1-foot
  2. 45degree
  3. CCC
  4. census
  5. curb-to-curb
  6. fingers'
  7. five-yard
  8. forty-five-degree
  9. grooving
  10. livemusic
  11. six-feet
  12. sixty-degree
  13. y-coordinate
  14. zebra-like

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. bar-subtense

Comments

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  • ruzuzu commented on the word subtense

    I assume the "are" in the Century definition should be "arc."

    October 16, 2015

  • fbharjo commented on the word subtense

    Would that be unpretentious? (to no accord?)

    October 17, 2015