subtended
Meaning
of Subtend
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Examples
After 12 to 20 months, the stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to convert long with over 100 spirally arranged, trimerous flowers, each subtended by a bract.
Equivalently, it is the subtended angle, from that star's perspective, of the semi-major axis of Earth's orbit.
By the same argument, the maximum solid angle that can be subtended at any point is 4 sr.
Definition Radian describes the plane angle subtended by a circular arc as the length of the arc divided by the radius of the arc.
Definition Section of cone (1) and spherical cap (2) that subtend a solid angle of one steradian inside a sphere A steradian can be defined as the solid angle subtended at the center of a unit sphere by a unit area on its surface.
Each floret may be subtended by a bract, called a "palea" or "receptacular bract".