SUBTENDED

9 letters 13 Scrabble points

Definition of SUBTENDED

verb
  1. 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.

  2. (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.

    "A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle."

  3. To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc

    "The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S U B T E N D E D
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 13 points

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