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Definition of Subtended
1. subtend [v] - See also: subtend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtended
Literary usage of Subtended
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"We have already proved that at any point P the potential due to a magnetic shell
is equal to the solid angle subtended by the edge of the shell multiplied ..."
2. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"To find the angle subtended at the focus by the tangent drawn to a central conic
from any point (xy). Let the point of contact be (x'y'), the centre being ..."
3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"We have already proved that at any point P the potential due to a magnetic shell
is equal to the solid angle subtended by the edge of the shell multiplied ..."
4. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"We have already proved that at any point P the potential due to a magnetic shell
is equal to the solid angle subtended by the edge of the shell multiplied ..."
5. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"... to the solid angle subtended by the element, and the total amount of the
action, normal to tiie surface, exerted by any continuous extent of the surface ..."
6. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"... the action normal to the surface is proportional for each element of the
surface, to the solid angle subtended by the element, and the total amount of ..."
7. An Elementary Treatise on Spherical Harmonics and Subjects Connected with Them by Norman Macleod Ferrers (1877)
"We may next shew how to obtain, in terms of a series of zonal harmonics, an
expression for the solid angle subtended by a circle at any point. ..."
8. An Elementary Treatise on Spherical Harmonics and Subjects Connected with Them by Norman Macleod Ferrers (1877)
""We may next shew how to obtain, in terms of a series of zonal harmonics, an
expression for the solid angle subtended by a circle at any point. ..."
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