Subtangent, sub′tan-jent, n. (geom.) the part of the axis of a curve contained between the tangent and the ordinate.
Subtemperate, sub-tem′pėr-āt, adj. pertaining to the colder parts of the temperate zone.
Subtenant, sub-ten′ant, n. a tenant who hires or leases from one who is also a tenant.—n. Subten′ancy.
Subtend, sub-tend′, v.t. to extend under or be opposite to.—n. Subtense′ (geom.), a line subtending or stretching across.
Subtepid, sub-tep′id, adj. slightly tepid.
Subterfuge, sub′tėr-fūj, n. that to which one resorts for escape or concealment: an artifice to escape censure or the force of an argument: evasion. [Fr.,—L. subterfugĕre—subter, under, fugĕre, to flee.]
Subternatural, sub-tėr-nat′ū-ral, adj. less than, or below, the natural.
Subterposition, sub-tėr-pō-zish′un, n. the state of lying under something else.
Subterranean, sub-te-rā′nē-an, adj. under the earth or ground—also Subterrā′neous, Subterrēne′, Subterres′trial.—adv. Subterrā′neously. [L. sub, under, terra, the earth.]
Subthoracic, sub-thō-ras′ik, adj. situated below the thorax: nearly thoracic in position.