English Explanatory Dictionary

curtation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The interval of a planet's orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than the true distance.

Word forms

curtation curtations

Etymology

First attested in 1584; borrowed from New Latin curtātiō, from curtō + -tiō.

Related words

curt curtate
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