Sentence examples for subtend an angle from inspiring English sources

(A parsec is about 3.26 light-years and is the distance at which the radius of Earth's orbit would subtend an angle of one second).

An anterolateral incision curved proximally provides good reach of the key fracture parts and does not compromise future access for knee arthroplasty if due attention is given to the curve characteristics (Fig. 5); a projected midline incision should subtend an angle of at least 60° with the main direction of the curve.

With the exception of the transfibular wire, there are two main wire corridors for segment 1: The coronal plane wire The medial face (so called as it parallels the medial subcutaneous face) wire At the most proximal level of segment 1, approximately two fingers' breadth below the knee joint line, half pins can subtend an angle of 120° in the subchondral area (Fig. 2).

The unique principal axes of both of these are tensors are parallel to the C70 long axis, which is assumed to subtend an angle β with respect to the applied magnetic field.

One of the largest-known planetary nebulae, the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) in the constellation Aquarius, subtends an angle of about 20 minutes of arc two-thirds the arc two-thirdsf the Moon.

The radius of the Sun, R☉, is 109 times that of Earth, but its distance from Earth is 215 R☉, so it subtends an angle of only 1/2° in the sky, roughly the same as that of the Moon.

It represents the distance at which the radius of Earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc; thus, a star at a distance of one parsec would have a parallax of one second, and the distance of an object in parsecs is the reciprocal of its parallax in seconds of arc.

Someone with 20/20 vision (6/6 in metric terms) can resolve a spatial pattern (of, say, a letter in the alphabet) where each element within it subtends an angle of one minute of arc when viewed from a distance of 20 feet (six metres).

The femoral shaft subtends an angle of 9º to the midline vertical axis.

The solution is as follows: if all angles of the triangle are less than 2 π 3, then the Torricellian point is the interior point from which each side subtends an angle of 2 π 3.

The proximal 130° hole was created as individual transverse holes on opposite sides of an oblique line that subtended an angle of 130° to the axis of the nail.