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subtended
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subtended
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 subtends an arc.
Wiktionary
subtended
vb. (en-past of: subtend)
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.