arch

noun

/ɑɹt͡ʃ/US/ɑːt͡ʃ/UK/ɑɹk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχῐ- (ărkhĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō Proto-Hellenic *téktōn Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor. Latin architectus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin architectūralbor. French architecturebor. English architectureclip. English arch Clipping of architecture.

derived from arcus
derived from arche
inherited from arch

Definitions

An inverted U shape.
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force…
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
An architectural element having the shape of an arch
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1. 4
  Any place covered by an arch
  Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  - to pass into the arch of a bridge
2. An arc
  An arc; a part of a curve.
3. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
4. The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
5. 8
  To form into an arch shape.
  - The cat arched its back.
6. To cover with an arch or arches.
7. 10
  Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  - I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
  - [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
8. Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
9. 12
  Principal
  Principal; primary.
  - They were arch enemies.
  - the most arch act of piteous massacre
  - Challenger the super scientist, Challenger the arch-pioneer, Challenger the first man of all men whom Mother Earth had been compelled to recognize.
10. 13
  A chief.
  - My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.
11. Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
12. 15
  An architecture
  An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
  - In the Linux kernel, arch-specific code lives in the arch directory of the source tree.
13. Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
14. A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.

The neighborhood

Derived

abdominothoracic arch, antitwilight arch, aortic arch, aortic arch syndrome, arch bridge, arch dell, arch doxy, arched, arch enemy, Arches, archful, Archgrounds, arch harp, archivolt, archless, archlet, archlike, archlute, archmold, archmould, arch of the aorta, archtop, archway, archwire, archwise, archwork, balloon arch, bell arch, branchial arch, camber arch, counterarch, cycloidal arch, Dean of the Arches, dental arch, enarch, equilateral arch, fallen arch, first arch syndrome, flying arch, geostatic arch · +53 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at arch. 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 arch. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at arch

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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