curtation noun.
[kǝ:'teɪʃ(ǝ)n] L16.[from Latin curtat- pa. ppl stem of curtare, from curtus: see CURT, -ATION.]1. Alchemy. The shorter process for transmuting base metals into gold.
L16-L17.2. Astronomy. The difference between the actual and the curtate distance. Now
rare or
obsolete.
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