Definition of "subtends" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subtend. (verb)

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• "My blood makes air and cells; my moon subtends the sky; my tides squeeze life out of rock."
• "A 72-inch screen seen from 10 feet a nominal couch-to-TV distance subtends a diagonal angle of 33 degrees, which happens to be about the same as watching a 50-foot movie screen from a seat in the middle of the theater."
• "Shuffling is one example of something seemingly ordinary that subtends an elegant mathematical structure."