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Extended under or opposite to
Answer for the clue "Extended under or opposite to ", 9 letters:
subtended
Word definitions for subtended in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: subtend)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtending .] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend .] To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord ...
Usage examples of subtended.
Again, this works to our advantage because not only are signals subtended by the magnetic field, but the area’s ion-saturated because the neutron star’s stealing matter from the brown star.
But, Captain, the closer the probe gets, the more its signal will be subtended and distorted by gravity.
The result would be an apparent attraction, diminishing with distance as the subtended shadow angle grew smaller.