curtate

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Definition of curtate

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shortened, having been shortened.
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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.

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Etymology

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

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