subtend
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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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| —vb | |
| 1. | geometry to be opposite to and delimit (an angle or side) |
| 2. | (of a bract, stem, etc) to have (a bud or similar part) growing in its axil |
| 3. | to mark off |
| 4. | to underlie; be inherent in |
| [C16: from Latin subtendere to extend beneath, from | |
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Word Origin & History
subtend
1570, from L. subtendere, from sub "under" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
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Example sentences
The flowers consist of four bracts which subtend the small head of yellow flowers.
The inflorescence is enclosed by a spathe of one or two scale leaves which subtend the first two flowers.
One or more series of bracts that subtend a flower or inflorescence.
The two monsters, nevertheless being exactly the same size in the drawing, subtend the same visual angle at the eye.
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