subtend

Questions about subtend

What does subtend mean?

subtend means "be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry".

How many syllables are in subtend?

subtend has 2 syllables: sub-tend. The stress falls on "tend".

What is another word for subtend?

Close synonyms include delimit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subtend a common word?

subtend is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.