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subtendere

subtendere [CL], (geom.) to generate (line, esp. beneath or opposite), subtend. angulo ‥ dato basim ~de duobus punctis seccionum terminatam Rob. Angl. (I) Euclid I 9; his ‥ duobus ‥ lateribus basim ~e (Ib. I 20) Ib. I 121; omnis ‥ motus circularis super centrum recte motum motu centri ~dit cordam Gros. 9; quanto arcui diameter corporis stelle ~ditur Bacon Maj. I 230; omnes linee recte que possunt duci a chono usque ad basim maximam ei ~sam inferius ducuntur et transeunt per basem brevissimam ei superius ~sam Docking 116; divisarum porcionum cordis cognitis, unam cordam communiter omnibus illis ~sam porcionibus invenire non erit difficile Wallingf. Quad. 34; si linea OD applicetur ad circulum erit linea ~sa xxxvj gradibus circuli Ib. 40.

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