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subtend
crucial

sub·tend

subtend

 
pronunciation:
sb tend
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: subtends, subtending, subtended
definition: in geometry, to extend across or under, or be opposite.
The hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
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