Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arcuate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arcuate \Arc"u*ate\, Arcuated \Arc"u*a`ted\(#), a. [L. arcuatus,
p. p. of arcuare to shape like a bow, fr. arcus. See {Arc}.]
Bent or curved in the form of a bow. ``Arcuate stalks.''
--Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arcuate
adj : (architecture) forming or resembling an arch; "an arched
ceiling" [syn: {arced}, {arched}, {arching}, {arciform},
{bowed}]
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