English Explanatory Dictionary

arc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
  2. A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
  3. A curve, in general.
  4. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
  5. A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
  6. Ellipsis of story arc.
  7. A period or phase in a person's life.
  8. A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
  9. A directed edge.
  10. The three-point line.
  11. An arclight.
verb
  1. To move following a curved path.
  2. To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
  3. To form an electrical arc.
noun
  1. Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
  2. Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
  3. Acronym of automatic reference counting.
name
  1. Initialism of American Red Cross.
name
  1. The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
adj
  1. A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.
name
  1. A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.

Pronunciation

äk /ɑːk/ ärk /ɑɹk/ en-us-arc.ogg

Word forms

arc arcs arcing arcking arced arcked

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

circular arc circle segment curve swoop arrow directed edge

Related words

arch

Derived words

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 backarc behind the arc biarc carbon arc character arc circumhorizontal arc diurnal arc electric arc electric arc furnace forearc great circle arc great-circle arc hyperarc island arc mercury arc rectifier minute of arc multiarc narrative arc nocturnal arc oxyarc
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