Verb (used with object) : a chord subtending an arc. From Dictionary.com.
How do we discover that, in an isosceles triangle, the sides which subtend the equal angles are equal?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Most red-dot sights offer dots that subtend either 4 minutes of angle at 100 yards, or 3 or 2 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Strengths and Weaknesses of Red Dot Sights for Hunting Whitetail Deer] Reference
Parental love thus forms the basis of the emotional capacities that in turn subtend harmonious social relations. From Wordnik.com. [Emotion] Reference
And that this was not correct because these attractions all lie in the same direction and subtend a total of twelve degrees of arc. From Wordnik.com. [A debate centering around etymological and logical fallacies « Motivated Grammar] Reference
The latter species is revered in China for its curious inflorescence in which bracts up to 30 centimeters (cm) long subtend the flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Gizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests] Reference
Truly, the obsessions which subtend that novel are without a doubt the strongest of all those which run through my work, including Empire of the Sun. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » ‘Le passé composé de J. G. Ballard’: JGB on Empire of the Sun] Reference
Any of the parts of the flower may thus subtend a flower-bud, though probably the new buds more frequently originate in the axils of the sepals than in the other whorls. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
D. involucrata is renown for the large bracts, up to 30 centimeters (cm) long, that subtend the base of the inflorescence, giving the tree in flower a very striking appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests] Reference
The parallax of the nearest star is only one second, the whole lenticular mass of light which surrounds our sun would therefore only subtend an angle of a single second at the nearest fixed star. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Beginning with Damascan Trachonitis, and situated, in the parallel of north lat. 28 degrees, about sixty direct miles east of the Red Sea, it is reported to subtend the whole coast of North – Western Arabia, between. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
This would subtend a greater angle seen from star A than from star B. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
The bullet-drop "bubbles" on the lower vertical crosshair subtend one MOA perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [Nom de plume: Rivrdog] Reference
A slender, graceful young woman or girl. subtend v. To extend opposite to. symmetrical adj. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Planets are much closer to the Earth and therefore subtend a larger angle within the total visual field. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
After all, if you magnify the tiny disk of Mars 75x, it does subtend an angle about the same as the Moon. From Wordnik.com. [Space News From SpaceDaily.Com] Reference
What angle, relative to the normal, will the ray of light subtend relative to the normal inside the glass?. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
What angle, relative to the normal, will the ray of light subtend when it leaves the pane and re-enters the water?. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Since stars are so distant, they subtend a minute angle of the total visual field despite their enormous diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
"Pirates 'Creek;" and south by the mangrove-clad drains, which subtend the main line: the base measures 12-15 miles. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
An object being 5 feet distant, and another at 10 feet from the observer, a line between the eyes will subtend a very. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
As if this weren't enough, this point, O, is the only point in the triangle where the sides subtend equal angles (Figure 5. 10c). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
It is well known that the same extension at a near distance shall subtend a greater angle, and at a farther distance a lesser angle. From Wordnik.com. [A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision] Reference
Imagine the June solstice, when the sun's rays constantly subtend an angle of 23.5 relative to the plane of the earth's equator (Fig. 10-11). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Sitting in my study here, I glance out of the window and discern separate bricks, in houses five hundred feet away, with my unaided eye; they subtend. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
But one thousand feet away I cannot distinguish individual bricks; their width, being only two inches, does not subtend an angle apprehensible to my vision. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
˜believes™, ˜desires™, ˜intends™ and others that subtend ˜that™ - clauses, which relate subjects to propositional contents such as ˜it is raining outside™. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalous Monism] Reference
Many a perfect and eternal realm, merely potential in existence but definite in constitution, will thus subtend nature and be what a rational philosophy might call the ideal. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Reason] Reference
CHAPTER 8 Surveying, Navigation 173 angle to the line of observation (or a person 1 AU tall as shown in Fig. 8-4), then that object would subtend an angle of one arc second as viewed by the observer. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Creek;” and south by the mangrove-clad drains, which subtend the main line: the base measures 12 – 15 miles. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
This scenario would be particularly plausible if the unresolved nodes do not subtend the taxa in the assemblage (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This scenario would be more likely if the unresolved nodes subtend many terminal taxa in the assemblage of interest (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Now in order that the length of any straight line seen from the front be reduced until it appear to subtend no more than an angle of 0.75 ", it must be removed to. From Wordnik.com. [Astronomy for Amateurs] Reference
Nice, great wikipedia for that attitude, the goverments don't subtend a public site http://www.spymac.com/details/?. From Wordnik.com. [Department of Health banned by Wikipedia for editing] Reference
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