curtateadj.
/ˈkəːteɪt/ Geometry and Astronomy.
1. Shortened, reduced; applied to a line projected orthographically upon a plane. curtate distance n. the distance of a planet or comet from the sun or earth, projected upon the plane of the ecliptic. curtate cycloid: see cycloid n. 1a.
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the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > [noun] > by distance
anomaly1602
coequate anomaly1676
curtate distance1676
the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > [adjective] > curtate
curtate1676
curtated1749
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened
docked1408
abbreviatec1425
abridged?c1430
shorted1483
abbreviatedc1487
curtailed1561
curted1568
curtala1592
shortened1598
curt1665
brief1668
curtate1893
1676 E. Halley Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 239 As cosine of inclination to radius, so SP, the curtate distance, to the true distance of the planet from the sun.
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. §40. 467 The Curtation, which being subtracted from the Distance of the Planet from the Sun in its own Orbit..leaves the Curtate Distance of the Planet from the Sun.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy viii. 275.
1893 J. R. Harris Stichometry 18 The lines represent respectively a somewhat curtate half-hexameter and a similarly divided iambic trimeter.
2. Economics and Statistics. Shortened or limited according to some formula or rule; esp. counting or calculated for the number of full years in a period, to the exclusion of the odd fraction of a year.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed
abridgeda1382
docked1408
defalcate1531
decurted?1550
curtailed1561
limited1590
minced1609
clipped1788
razeed1821
shorn1853
restricted1856
curtate1875
fine-cut1894
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 78 This formula gives the average number of complete years that persons of the given age will live..and makes no allowance for the portion of the year in which death occurs. The expectation thus found is called the curtate expectation.
1927 A. L. Bowley & J. C. Stamp National Income 1924 21 When the averages of these curtate groups are taken, that for women is often higher than for men.
1927 B. C. Hoskins Insurance Lexicon 134 If payments cease with the last payment preceding the death, the annuity is said to be ‘non-apportionable’, or ‘without proportion’, or ‘curtate’.
1929 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 973/1 This expression..is technically known as the curtate expectation of life. No allowance is included in the formula for that portion of life-time lived by each individual in the year of his death.
1957 M. G. Kendall & W. R. Buckland Dict. Statist. Terms 75 If an assurance matures in 3 years 9 months, the curtate duration is 3 years.
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