arcuate
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kyu adjective
bent or curved like a bow.
Also, ar·cu·at·ed.
Origin:
1620–30; < Latin arcuātus bent like a bow, curved (past participle of arcuāre), equivalent to arcu-, stem of arcus bow + -ātus -ate1
1620–30; < Latin arcuātus bent like a bow, curved (past participle of arcuāre), equivalent to arcu-, stem of arcus bow + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ar·cu·ate·ly, adverb
sub·ar·cu·ate, adjective
sub·ar·cu·at·ed, adjective
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arcuate (ˈɑːkjuːɪt, -ˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| Also: arcuated shaped or bent like an arc or bow: arcuate leaves; arcuate fibres of the cerebrum | |
| [C17: from Latin arcuāre, from arcus | |
| 'arcuately | |
| —adv | |
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Arcuate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
arcuate
"bent like a bow," 1620s, from L. arcuatus, pp. of arcuare "to bend like a bow," from arcus "bow" (see arc).
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Medical Dictionary
arcuate ar·cu·ate (är'ky&oomacr;-ĭt, -āt')
adj.
Formed in the shape of an arc.
ar'cu·ate·ly adv.
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Example sentences
Strong waves make a cuspate delta a thinner, tooth-shaped version of the arcuate.
The external arcuate fibers wind across the lower part of the pyramid and olive and enter the inferior peduncle.
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