arcuate

American  

[ahr-kyoo-it, -eyt] / ˈɑr kyu 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

• arcuately adverb
• subarcuate adjective
• subarcuated adjective

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

The arcuate “bow shaped” arteries form arcs along the base of the medullary pyramids.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

This species resembles the preceding in color, but is of less aggregate habit, and the sporangia are more plasmodiocarpous, reniform, arcuate, etc.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)