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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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In this project we look at two different variations of the cycloid, called the curtate and prolate cycloids.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

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 Dudeney, Henry Ernest

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