Definitions For Curtate

Adjective

shortened, having been shortened (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

Derived terms

curtation

Translations

Bulgarian: съкратен, скъсен

Etymology

{{etyl, la, en}} curtatus, past participle of curtare, , to shorten.

Anagrams

cut-rate

Is Curtate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Curtate is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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