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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Curtation

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