arcuate

Definitions


[ˈɑːkjʊət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- shaped like a bow; curved
(e.g: the arcuate sweep of the chain of islands)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin arcuatus, past participle of arcuare ‘to curve’, from arcus ‘bow, curve’




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