Curtate

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shortened, having been shortened.
  2. 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. 3
    Rounded down.
  4. 4
    Describing a trochoid as traced from a point within a circle.

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briefcompactcompendiousconcisecurtinstantaneous

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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