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Cur"tate (k?r"t?t), a. [L.
curtatus, p. p. of curtare to shorten, fr.
curtus. See Curt.] (Astron.) Shortened
or reduced; -- 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.

Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See
Cycloid.

Cur*ta"tion (k?r-t?"sh?n), n.
(Astron.) The interval by which the curtate distance
of a planet is less than the true distance.

Cur*tein" (k?r-t?n"), n. Same
as Curtana.

Cur*tes" (k?r-t?s"), a.
Courteous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cur"te*sy (k?r"t?-s?), n.;
pl. Curtesies (-s&?;z). [Either fr.
courlesy, the lands being held as it were by favor; or fr.
court (LL. curtis), the husband being regarded as
holding the lands as a vassal of the court. See Court,
Courtesy.] (Law) the life estate which a
husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the
common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born
alive, and capable of inheriting the lands.


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