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subtend
has definitions from the field of geometry
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[ verb ] (geometry) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Synonyms Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The received radiation is compared with the radiation from a hypothetical black-body which subtends the same solid_angle as the visible disk of the planet . The half-intensity diameter of the antenna beam was about 9 ' , and the angle subtended by the moon included the entire main beam and part of the first side lobes . Related terms |
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