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subtend [səb′tend] (botany) To lie adjacent to and below another structure, often enclosing it. (mathematics) A line segment or an arc of a circle subtends an angle with vertex at a specified point if the end points of the line segment or arc lie on the sides of the angle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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side subtended by] the two acute angles falling on the two extremities [of the locus of contact]. The geometry was chosen to make the solid angle subtended by the detectors insensitive to first order in the source position. And he was right, in that the conceit underlying Steinbach's work was too fragile to sustain anything more than a certain allegorical suggestiveness subtended by a deft formal intelligence and a magpie's fascination with objects that catch the light, which are precisely the qualities that still-life painting has purveyed for centuries. |
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