Subtense

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subtense \Sub*tense"\, n. [L. subtendere, subtentum. See
     {Subtend}, {Tense}, a.] (Geom.)
     A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the
     subtense of an arc.
     [1913 Webster]