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ARC

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[ ahrk ]

noun



ARC

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or A.R.C.

abbreviation for

  1. American Red Cross.

arc

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[ ahrk ]

noun

  1. Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
  2. Also called electric arc. Electricity. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes. Compare spark 1( def 2 ).
  3. Astronomy. the part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.
  4. anything bow-shaped.

verb (used without object)

arced or arcked, arcing or arcking.
  1. to form an electric arc.
  2. to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.

ARC

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abbreviation for

  1. AIDS-related complex: an early condition in which a person infected with the AIDS virus may suffer from such mild symptoms as loss of weight, fever, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

arc

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/ ɑː /

noun

  1. something curved in shape
  2. part of an unbroken curved line
  3. a luminous discharge that occurs when an electric current flows between two electrodes or any other two surfaces separated by a small gap and a high potential difference
  4. astronomy a circular section of the apparent path of a celestial body
  5. maths a section of a curve, graph, or geometric figure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to form an arc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

prefix

  1. maths specifying an inverse trigonometric function: usually written arcsin , arctan , arcsec , etc, or sometimes –1 , ٲ–1 , –1 , etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

arc

/ ä /

  1. A segment of a circle.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ARC1

1350–1400; Middle English ark < Latin arcus bow, arch, curve
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ARC1

C14: from Old French, from Latin arcus bow, arch
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Bears are common across the Carpathian mountain range, which stretches in an arc from Romania through western Ukraine and on to Slovakia and Poland.

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Leuchten added 14 points and nine rebounds and Justin Hohn shot four for nine, including three for six from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points for the Anteaters.

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The ball pops up in the air and soars into an arc, drifting against the blue sky, then comes down with a plunk on the glass wall behind Jon Guerra.

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The injury-time chaos warped the narrative arc of the game.

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The seasonal arc might be described as “cumulative episodic,” in which discrete stories incidentally detail the assembly of a slate of pictures.

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