subtense

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Noun

subtense (plural subtenses)

1. (geometry) A line which subtends, especially the chord of an arc.
2. (geometry) The angle subtended by a line at a point.

Related terms

• subtend

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “subtense”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• subteens