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Verb: subtend  sub'tend or ,súb'tend
  1. Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
    "A leaf is said to subtend its axillary bud or shoot";
    - delimit

Derived forms: subtended, subtending, subtends

Type of: be

Encyclopedia: Subtend

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subthalamic nucleus
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