curtation

English

Etymology

First attested in 1584; borrowed from New Latin curtātiō, from curtō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

curtation (plural curtations)

  1. (astronomy) The interval of a planet's orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than the true distance.

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