arc
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arcbor. Middle English ark English arc Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.
- derived from *h₂erkʷos✻
- derived from arc
- inherited from ark
Definitions
That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and…
That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
- The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.
A curve, in general.
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A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
A flow of current across an insulating medium
A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
Ellipsis of story arc.
- For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form of arcs, Homestuck is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection.
A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
A directed edge.
The three-point line.
An arclight.
- For all practical purposes the old carbon arcs, which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.
To move following a curved path.
- A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.
- Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.
- The big wheel in the sky He arcs o'er miles and miles
To shape into an arc
To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
- His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.
To form an electrical arc.
Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance…
Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
Acronym of automatic reference counting.
Initialism of American Red Cross.
The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.
A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.
The neighborhood
- synonymcircular arccircular arc
- synonymcircle segmentcircular arc
- neighborarch
Derived
arc blast, arc-boutant, arc-connected, arc converter, arc cosecant, arc cosine, arc cotangent, arcdegree, arc elasticity, arc eye, arc fault, arc-fault circuit interrupter, arc flash, arc-form pearly mussel, arc-hyperbolic function, arcjet, arc-lamp, arc lamp, arclength, arclet, arc light, arclike, arc minute, arcminute, arc of history, arc-over, arcover, arc resistance, arc secant, arcsecond, arc second, arc-second, arc spring, arc transmitter, arcual, arc weld, arcweld, arc welder, arc welder's disease, arc welding · +33 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at arc. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at arc. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at arc
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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