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Webster 1913 Edition

Subtense

Sub-tense′

,

Noun.

[L.

subtendere

,

subtentum

. See

,

,

Adj.

]

(Geom.)

A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord;

as, the

subtense

of an arc

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subtense

SUBTENSE

,

Noun.

subtens'. [L. sub and tenus.] The chord of an arch or arc.

Definition 2024

subtense

subtense

English

Noun

subtense ‎(plural subtenses)

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

References

J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.

Anagrams

subteens