In the triangle
illustrated above, side
subtends angle
.
More generally, given a geometric object
in the plane and a point
, let
be the angle from one edge of
to the other with vertex at
. Then
is said to subtend an angle
from
.
Subtend
See also
Angle, Vertex AngleExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Subtend." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Subtend.html