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Keywords: Angle, Geometry, Extend, Chord, Triangle

Related Terms: Angle, Angular, Apothem, Aslant, Cosine, Cotangent, Decagon, Hexagonal, Hypotenuse, Leg, Orthogonal, Pentagon, Perpendicular, Rectangle, Rectangular, Rhomboid, Sine, Skew, Slant, Square, Trigonometry, Tangent, Dihedral Angle, Acute Angle, Acute Triangle, Inscribed Angle, Orthogonality, Regular Polygon, Right Triangle, Complementary Angle, Obtuse Angle, Rhombus, Perpendicularity, Right Angle, Vertical Angles, Interior Angle, Solid Angle, Trigonometric Functions, Adjacent Angles, Alternate Interior Angles, Corresponding Angles, Obtuse Triangle, Straight Angle, Central Angle, Perpendicular Bisector, Altitude Of A Triangle, Tilt Angle, Angle Bisector, Cyclic Quadrilateral, Perpendicular Lines

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To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.

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The angle that an object appears to take up in your field of view; actually, the angle between lines drawn from opposite sides of the object to your eye. For example, the full moon subtends 1/2°.

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be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

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To extend under; found at the base of.

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to extend under or to be opposite of

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