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curtate

curtate adjective: shortened, having been shortened.

Adjective

curtate (comparative more curtate, superlative most curtate)

  1. Shortened, having been shortened.
    Synonyms:
    truncate, truncated
  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. (actuarial science) Rounded down.
  4. Describing a trochoid as traced from a point within a circle.

Synonyms of curtate

Forms of curtate

comparativemore curtate
superlativemost curtate

Origin of curtate

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

Words formed from curtate

Phrases with curtate

Questions about curtate

What does curtate mean?
Curtate means shortened, having been shortened.
What part of speech is curtate?
Curtate is an adjective.

Words near curtate in the dictionary

  1. curtal-axe
  2. curtal-axes
  3. curtals
  4. curtana
  5. curtanas
  6. curtate
  7. curtate cycloid
  8. curtate cycloids
  9. curtation
  10. curtations
  11. curtaxe

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