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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURTATION

n.[See Curtate. ] The interval between a planets distance from the sun and the curtate distance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURTATION

CURTATION Cur *ta "tion (kr-t "shn ), n. (Astron.)

 

Defn: The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.