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Angle whose rays pass through the endpoints of an arc, line segment or curve section From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In geometry, an angle is subtended by an arc, line segment, or any other section of a curve when its two rays pass through the endpoints of that arc, line segment, or curve section. Conversely, the arc, line segment or curve section confined within the rays of an angle is regarded as the corresponding subtension of that angle. It is also sometimes said that an arc is intercepted or enclosed by that angle.
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The precise meaning varies with context. For example, one may speak of the angle subtended by an arc of a circle when the angle's vertex is the centre of the circle.
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