arcuate
adjective
ar·cu·ate
ˈär-kyə-wət 
-ˌwāt
: curved like a bow
an arcuate cloud
arcuately
adverb
Examples of arcuate in a Sentence
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Early neuroscience on smartphone use showed the brain’s arcuate nucleus area activates whenever our phones ping or ring us.
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Kyra Bobinet, Md, Mph, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of them lie along the long, arcuate chain along the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, stretching far into the Pacific Ocean.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2019
Kyra Bobinet, Md, Mph, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of them lie along the long, arcuate chain along the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, stretching far into the Pacific Ocean.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Latin arcuatus, past participle of arcuare to bend like a bow, from arcus bow
First Known Use
1626, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near arcuate
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“Arcuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcuate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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arcuate
adjective
ar·cu·ate
ˈär-kyə-wət
-ˌwāt
-ˌwāt
: curved like a bow
arcuate fibers in the brain
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