[{"word":"subtends","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle."},{"definition":"To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subtend","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subtends"]}]