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Definition of Arcuate
1. Adjective. Forming or resembling an arch. "An arched ceiling"
Category relationships: Architecture
Similar to: Curved, Curving
Derivative terms: Arc
Definition of Arcuate
1. a. Bent or curved in the form of a bow.
Definition of Arcuate
1. Adjective. curved into the shape of a bow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arcuate
1. curved like a bow [adj]
Medical Definition of Arcuate
1. Curved like a bow. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcuate
Literary usage of Arcuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"arcuate. Medial Tarsal. First Dorsal Metatarsal. Deep Plantar. ... The arcuate
artery (a. arcuata; metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the ..."
2. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"The medial fillet, the anterior and the posterior external arcuate fibers all
... The anterior external arcuate fibers, continuing their ventral direction, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In size they also vary, though more in length than in thickness, the arcuate
spermatia being sometimes very long (0'040 millimetre). ..."
4. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"arcuate. Medial Tarsal. First Dorsal Metatarsal. Deep Plantar. ... The arcuate
artery (a. arcuata; metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Thorax cylindrical, l«se and apex truncate, equal, not wider than long, sides
feebly arcuate, disc regularly convex, surface densely covered with ..."
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