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- Subtend - v. t. - To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
- Subtended - imp. & p. p. - of Subtend
- Subtending - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Subtend
- Chaff - n. - The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
- Micrometer - n. - An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.