subtense
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]subtense (plural subtenses)
- (geometry) A line which subtends, especially the chord of an arc.
- (geometry) The angle subtended by a line at a point.
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[edit]References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “subtense”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.