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verb (used with object)
1.
Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
2.
Botany. (of a leaf, bract, etc.) to occur beneath or close to.
3.
to form or mark the outline or boundary of.
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Subtending
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
subtend
1570, from L. subtendere, from sub "under" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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