arcuate

[ ahr-kyoo-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. bent or curved like a bow.

arcuate

/ ˈɑːkjuːɪt; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. shaped or bent like an arc or bow Alsoarcuated

   arcuate leaves

   arcuate fibres of the cerebrum

Derived Forms

• ˈarcuately, adverb

Other Words From

• ar·cu·ate·ly adverb
• sub·ar·cu·ate adjective
• sub·ar·cu·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of arcuate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of arcuate¹

C17: from Latin arcuāre, from arcus arc

Example Sentences

The left hemisphere, the part of your brain responsible for language comprehension, Wernicke’s area, is connected to the part responsible for speech production, Broca’s area, by a fiber tract called the arcuate fasciculus.

From Nautilus

What’s happening is a singer is better able to hear something and produce it vocally, presumably using this right arcuate fasciculus.

From Nautilus

The frustules are curved or arcuate (arcus, a bow) in the side view, oblong and narrowed at the ends in the front view.

From Project Gutenberg

Valve narrow, with arcuate dorsal and straight ventral margin, acute at the ends.

From Project Gutenberg

Valve linear, with dorsal margin arcuate and the ventral margin straight.

From Project Gutenberg

Valve arcuate, without cost, transversely striated; pseudoraphe absent; pseudo-nodules at each end.

From Project Gutenberg

The valves of the auxospore are usually more or less arcuate, as in Cymbella, to which the genus is closely allied.

From Project Gutenberg