arcuate

American  

[ahr-kyoo-it, -eyt] / ˈɑr kju ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also arcuated

adjective

1. bent or curved like a bow.

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arcuate British  

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈɑːkjuːɪt /

adjective

1. Also: arcuated.  shaped or bent like an arc or bow

   arcuate leaves

   arcuate fibres of the cerebrum

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Other Word Forms

• subarcuate
  adjective
• subarcuated
  adjective
• arcuately
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of arcuate

1620–30; < Latin arcuātus bent like a bow, curved (past participle of arcuāre ), equivalent to arcu-, stem of arcus bow + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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arcuate

The interlobar arteries split at the junction of the renal cortex and medulla to form the arcuate arteries.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The renal arteries branch out from the aorta and enter the kidney where they further divide into segmental, interlobar, arcuate, and cortical radiate arteries.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Connecting Broca’s area with Wernicke’s is a neural network: a thick, curving bundle of billions of nerve fibres, the arcuate fasciculus, which integrates the production and the comprehension of language.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

This is an image showing a 3D-printed reconstruction of the white matter pathway connecting two areas of the human brain - the arcuate fasciculus.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2017

Cells frequently produced upwards into a large arcuate ovicell.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John