arcuate

Examples

• All

• So you may have heard of the arcuate fasciculus that basically connects language regions in the temporal lobe up to Broca's area in the frontal lobe.

• "We're getting high-range, arcuate motion out of a simple device with simple inputs."

  Academic text (2000)

• By giving it a linear input, you get an arcuate output of the value that you desire," he said.

  Academic text (2000)

• And without going down the rabbit hole of arcuate nucleus biology in two sentences, you have a hypothalamic area called the arcuate nucleus.

  Andrew Huberman

• Earthquakes since 1964 are shown as black dots, and the Sunda Trench along which the 1400-km-long earthquake occurred is the arcuate black line on the left (west).

  Blog text (21)

• However, large association areas were useless without the improved sound-producing areas found in humans (the inferior part of Area 4 and Broca, the arcuate fasciculus, and the improved auditory areas with Wernicke).

  Academic text (1995)

• Brooks Brothers label, plus cinch-back detailing, no suspender buttons, Capital E on the tag, arcuate without a diamond crossover, and covered back pocket rivets date these 501s as late 1930s to early 1940s.

  Blog text (31)

• The artist used arcuate lines in her painting to create a sense of movement.

• The arcuate shape of the archway made the entrance to the garden inviting.

Synonyms

C

curved

vsarcuate

6 1.0

A shape or surface that bends smoothly without sharp angles

is more specific about an arch bend rather than any smooth curvature

A

arched

vsarcuate

4 3.2

Having a curved top like a bridge or window

is broader, naming any archlike curved appearance not only clear structures

A

arc-like

vsarcuate

1 4.3

Shaped like a smooth curved part of a circle

is the concise term for a curved, archlike shape without extra quality focus

A

arciform

vsarcuate

9.9

Shaped like an arch

is a more general archlike curved form rather than only exact shape

A

arced

vsarcuate

5.7

Having a curved shape like a bridge or ceiling

is the general curved description that can include that arch form

A

arching

vsarcuate

4.1

Curving like the top of a bridge or door

is the simple adjective for having an archlike curve rather than the action

C

curviform

vsarcuate

8.1

Having a curved shape

is narrower, stressing the arch form rather than any general bending

C

curving

vsarcuate

2.5

Bending in a smooth rounded line instead of being straight

is focused on being arch shaped rather than on the ongoing bending action

Compounds

A

arcuate artery

• Specialized

8.3

A curved blood vessel in the foot that forms an arch and carries blood to the toes

A

arcuate artery of the kidney

• Specialized

7.5

A curved artery at the border between the kidney's outer and inner parts that supplies blood to the kidney

A

arcuate vein of the kidney

• Specialized

7.7

A curved vein at the border of the kidney that carries blood from small kidney veins to larger ones

How Curved

semicircular

1 3.7

arcuate

1 9.8

curved

6 1.0

bent

21 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology