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Subtend

To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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Oppose 76% connected

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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Delimit 92% connected

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

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Acute-angled adjective · 78% connection

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…

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Anticipation noun · 78% connection

The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

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Bell crank unknown · 78% connection

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

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Bevel noun · 78% connection

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…

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Cathetus noun · 78% connection

One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include…

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Circular function noun · 78% connection

function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle

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Coextend verb · 78% connection

To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Derivative noun · 78% connection

A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

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Elevation noun · 78% connection

The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piec…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Extend verb · 78% connection

To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or in…

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Hypothenuse noun · 78% connection

The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

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Kathetal adjective · 78% connection

Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.

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Mitre verb · 78% connection

To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, fo…

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