Curtation
Pronunciation : Cur*ta"tion (kr-t"shn)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.
(Astron.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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