Dictionary entry

Subtend

Pronunciation: /sʌbˈtɛnd/

Pronunciation

/sʌbˈtɛnd/

Myanmar Meaning

ထောင့် ၊ အကွေး နှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက် ၊ မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်ဖြစ်သည့် မျဉ်း။

Definition

subtend /sǝb'tend/ v ( geometry ) စက္ဝန္းျပတ္၊ ေထာင့္ စသည္ တို႔ႏွင့္ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္း ဆိုင္သည္။ The chord AC subtends the arc ABC ❍ The side XZ subtends the angle XYZ

Examples

  1. ‘The space between the dot and the first letter of the prime to the right of fixation subtended a visual angle of 21.’
  2. ‘The most common geometry for curved crystal diffraction is based on the Rowland circle principle
  3. which relies on the well-known property of a circle that an arc segment subtends a constant angle for any point on the circle.’
  4. ‘In other words
  5. when two plates subtended the same angle - one big and far away
  6. the other small and nearby - the antennae also made the same angle with each other.’
  7. ‘Reticles are in the second focal plane
  8. so as power is changed the angle subtended by the space between lines varies.’
  9. ‘The radian is a unit which connects the radius of an arc
  10. the length of the arc and the angle subtended by the arc.’
  11. ‘These angles are subtended by the same chord
  12. AW.’
  13. ‘The Arc
  14. Chord
  15. Radius
  16. Height
  17. Angle
  18. Apothem
  19. and Area Suppose you have a segment of a circle
  20. bounded by an arc of the circle and the chord subtending it.’
  21. ‘In fact Shen demonstrated a remarkable ability to view spatial arrangements and he gave an approximate formula for the length of a circular arc in terms of the chord subtending the arc.’
  22. ‘This allowed him to calculate the chord subtended by angles of 36
  23. 72
  24. 60
  25. 90 and 120.’
  26. ‘Two pairs of parallel sides form equal inscribed angles that are bound to subtend equal chords - the third sides.’
  27. ‘All flowers are subtended by a bract and two bracteoles.’
  28. ‘The flower meristems are produced acropetally by the inflorescence meristem and are subtended by bracts.’
  29. ‘Trillium species are characterized by a single trimerous flower subtended by a whorl of three leaves.’
  30. ‘The bract immediately subtends the sepal
  31. partly enclosing it.’
  32. ‘A single flower is borne on a scape arising between the basal leaves and subtended by a large
  33. leaf-like bract.’