About The Word Curtate
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Curtate
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What's The Definition Of Curtate?Synonyms | Synonyms for Curtate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Curtate: See Also | Curtate In Webster's Dictionary \Cur"tate\ (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p. p. of curtare
to shorten, fr. curtus. See {Curt}.] (Astron.)
Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet
from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the
ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point
where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the
plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic.
{Curtate cycloid}. (Math.) See {Cycloid}.
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