Definitions

curtate

[kur-teyt] / ˈkɜr teɪt /

ADJECTIVE

short

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abbreviated brief crisp precise shortened terse

STRONG

bare compressed condensed curtailed decreased diminished fleeting lessened little summarized summary

WEAK

aphoristic boiled down breviloquent compendiary compendious concise cut short cut to the bone decurtate epigrammatic in a nutshell laconic momentary not protracted pithy sententious short and sweet short-term succinct undersized unprolonged unsustained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enduring lasting lengthy

STRONG

long

WEAK

unabridged

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curtate

But if you mark a point B on the circumference of the flange of a locomotive-wheel, the curve will be a curtate cycloid, as in Fig.

From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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