English Explanatory Dictionary

curtate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shortened, having been shortened.
  2. Describing any distance measured in the ecliptic plane between the Sun (or Earth) and the orthogonal projection of an astronomical object (particularly another planet) onto said plane.
  3. Rounded down.
  4. Describing a trochoid as traced from a point within a circle.

Word forms

curtate more curtate most curtate

Etymology

First attested in 1676; borrowed from Latin curtātus, perfect passive participle of curtō (“to shorten”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Synonyms

truncate truncated

Related words

curt curtation
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