Sub-tĕnse', n.
n. [Lat. subtendere, subtentum or subtensum, to stretch underneath. See supra.] (Geom.) The line subtending or stretching across; the chord; as, the subtense of an arc.
n. [Lat. subtendere, subtentum or subtensum, to stretch underneath. See supra.] (Geom.) The line subtending or stretching across; the chord; as, the subtense of an arc.