Associations to the word «Subtend»

Wiktionary

SUBTEND, verb. (transitive) To extend or stretch underneath or opposite something
SUBTEND, verb. (mathematics) To enclose an arc on a circle with an angle

Dictionary definition

SUBTEND, verb. Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky