"curtate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more curtate [comparative], most curtate [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1676; borrowed from Latin curtātus, perfect passive participle of curtō (“to shorten”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1676}} First attested in 1676, {{bor+|en|la|curtātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin curtātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} curtate (comparative more curtate, superlative most curtate)
  1. Shortened, having been shortened. Synonyms: truncate#Adjective, truncated#Adjective Translations (shortened): съкратен (sǎkraten) (Bulgarian), скъсен (skǎsen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-curtate-en-adj-LuWMhB5z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 58 14 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 12 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 17 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 17 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 59 15 27 Disambiguation of 'shortened': 86 4 10
  2. (astronomy) 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.
    Sense id: en-curtate-en-adj-Yb7o5yBL Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (actuarial science, of a lifetime random variable) Rounded down.
    Sense id: en-curtate-en-adj-wc5yKBoK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: curt, curtation
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