curtationn.

Etymology: noun of action < Latin curtāre to shorten.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈtation.

†1. Alchemy. The shorter process for transmuting metals into gold. Obsolete.

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multiplyingc1395

maturing?a1425

transmutation1478

projectiona1550

curtation1584

longation1584

tincting1599

maturation1617

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. v. 362 In this art there are two waies, the one called longation, the other curtation.

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. K3 Perilous is the way of Curtation.

1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xv. 206 Vouchsafe to instruct me in the Blessed Way of Curtation.

2. Astronomy. The difference between the true and the curtate distance of a planet from the sun.

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curtation1706

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Curtation of a Planet, is a little part cut off from the Line of its Interval, or Distance 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	curtation
释义	curtationn. Etymology: noun of action < Latin curtāre to shorten.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈtation. †1. Alchemy. The shorter process for transmuting metals into gold. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > transmutation multiplyingc1395 maturing?a1425 transmutation1478 projectiona1550 curtation1584 longation1584 tincting1599 maturation1617 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiv. v. 362 In this art there are two waies, the one called longation, the other curtation. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. K3 Perilous is the way of Curtation. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xv. 206 Vouchsafe to instruct me in the Blessed Way of Curtation. 2. Astronomy. The difference between the true and the curtate distance of a planet from the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > [noun] > by distance > curtation curtation1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Curtation of a Planet, is a little part cut off from the Line of its Interval, or Distance 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1584
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