Definition of Curtate

1. a. 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.

Definition of Curtate

1. shortened [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtate

curtainless
curtains
curtain call
curtain lecture
curtain off
curtain raiser
curtain raising
curtain ring
curtal
curtalax
curtalaxe
curtalaxes
curtals
curtana
curtanas
curtate (current term)
curtaxe
curtaxes
curter
curtesies
curtest
curtesy
curtilage
curtilages
Curtis
Curtisia
Curtiss
curtly
curtness
curtnesses

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