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incurtatio

incurtatio 1 shortening, contraction (in quot., med.). ut ipso [musculo] tracto vel dilatato ‥ sequitur extensio vel ~o membri mediante corda Ps.-Ric. Anat. 42 p. 29. 2 (astr., phys.) a lagging behind, or (angular) distance by which a body lags behind (through slower rotation; cf. incurtare 2). M. Scot Mot. VIII 1, IX 6 (v. incurtare 2); ~o [Ar.: taqṣīr] hujus stelle [sc. Veneris], que nominatur motus medius, est equalis ~oni solis postreme Ib. XVII 1; ~o prima hujus celi [sc. lune] Ib. XX 21 (cf. ib.: ~o celi postrema); Alpetragius et sui sequaces dicunt quod illa diversitas motuum celestium non est ex contrarietate sed per ~onem unius respectu alterius R. Marston QD 168; [orbes inferiores] ~ones majores et minores faciunt a motu primi orbis Bacon IV 387.

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