Arc

Definition: Arc

Arc

Noun

1. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.

2. A continuous portion of a circle.

3. Something curved in shape.

Verb

1. Form an arch.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "arc" was first used: sometime around 1390. (references)

Computing

Aerospace

Biographical Satire

Electrical Engineering

Geological

Mathematics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Arc

Curvature

Carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary, festoon; conchoid, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.

Crosswords: Arc

French (arc, bow, gateway, longbow), Hungarian (cheek, cheeks, countenance, face, front, jib, jowl, kisser, leer, mien, mug, physiognomy, visage), Manx (arch ), Portuguese (are, Rainbow Group), Romanian (arc, arch, bow, curve, limb, prop, spring, vault), Scottish (fungus on decayed wood), Welsh (arc).

Deny my will, and the arc of your destiny will reach a sudden conclusion (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

And, uh, Maxine of Arc, Missy (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon)

Whoa! You sure do get some high arc in this low gravity (Red Planet; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer)

The declining arc is the past (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution; writing credit: Jean-Luc Godard; Paul Éluard)

She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite (She's So High; performing artist: Tal Bachman)

Arc (1970)

From Camille to Joan of Arc (1961)

Az Arc nélküli város (1960)

Joan of Arc (1948)

The Joan of Arc of Loos (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• ARC International Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Arc Land Sakamoto Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Machine Tools Operated by Electro-Chemical, Electron-Beam, Ionic-Beam, or Plasma Arc Process: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources (reference)

• Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc (reference)

• Joan of Arc (Penguin Lives) (reference)

• Vecellio's Renaissance Costume Book: All 500 Woodcut Illustrations from the Famous Sixteenth-Century Compendium of World Costume (Dover Pictorial arc (reference)

• Welder's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Mig, Tig, Arc & Oxyacetylene Welding (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Arc (reference)

• Arc Design (reference)

• Arc Insight (reference)

• Arc News (reference)

• Bois D Arc Post (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Arc the Lad - Alliance (Vol. 4) (reference)

• Arc the Lad - Fireball (Vol. 2) (reference)

• Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity (reference)

• Arc the Lad - Hunters and Monsters (Vol. 1) (reference)

• Arc the Lad - Wanted (Vol. 3) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Verdi - Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc)/ Caballé · Domingo · Milnes · LSO · Levine (reference)

• Arc of a Diver (reference)

• Ket Arc Live [IMPORT] [LIVE] (reference)

• A Portable Model of Joan of Arc (reference)

• Honegger: Joan of Arc at the Stake (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• BRIGHTSTOR ARC BACKUP WIN V9.0 (reference)

• Arc the Lad: Collection (reference)

• IBM Il2210 Replacement Lamp Mercury Arc (reference)

• BRIGHTSTOR ARC BACKUP V9 TAPE (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Arc Accents Black Faux Leather With Silver Arcs 4x6 Frame (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Pharmacist is preparing cd4, which is a new treatment for AIDS and ARC (AIDS-related complex). cd4 is administered intravenously by a syringe pump, in the foreground, which is programmed to infuse cd4 over a 24-hour period. cd4 acts like a decoy and blocks the cd4 receptors on the t4 cell, thus preventing the HIV virus from infecting the cell. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

HST has resolved, to an unprecedented detail of .1 arc second, a mysterious elliptical ring of ... Credit: NASA.

C&GS ship offshore near Rockland, Maine Conducting observations along the Eastern Oblique Arc. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Occupying station for reconnaissance along arc from Fairbanks to 141st Meridian Reconnaissance party of Sam O. White What a grand dog!. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Camp at Alexandria - observing arc between Eunice and Rustun, Louisiana Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Small halo, sun dogs, and arc of much larger halo nearly bisecting smaller halo. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Halo and sundog with a brilliant larger arc. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Arc with reflection higher in the sky - note reversal of spectrum. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Arc with spectacular reflection higher in the sky - note reversal of spectrum. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Conservation plan maps using arc view. Wyoming. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

In severe cases, the hardened plaque reduces flexibility, causing pain and forcing the penis to bend or arc during erection. (references)

Sensory stimuli from the penis are important in continuing this process and in initiating a reflex arc that may cause erection under proper circumstances and may help to maintain erection during sexual activity. (references)

Business

There are three integrated plants, (of which two are state-owned), 17 electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills (of which two are state owned). (references)

In 1997, NatSteel Limited commissioned a shaft-type electric arc furnace that resulted in a savings of about 150 kilowatts/hour per metric ton of steel produced. (references)

Arc welding robots designed for the U.S. automobile industry are showing steady growth and robots designed for use in the electronics industry in Asia are also showing stronger demand. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The majority of Pakistan's population lives along the Indus River valley and along an arc formed by the cities of Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and Peshawar. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "arc": arc burn ♦ arc extinguishing device ♦ arc eye ♦ arc flash ♦ arc furnace ♦ arc furnace roof refractories ♦ arc furnace tilt rockers ♦ arc jet ♦ arc lamp ♦ arc light ♦ arc minute ♦ arc of a circle ♦ arc of vision ♦ arc or angle ♦ arc over ♦ arc sight ♦ arc sine transformation ♦ arc welding ♦ auroral arc ♦ Bois D Arc ♦ carbon arc ♦ carbon arc lamp ♦ clockwise arc ♦ Complement of an arc ♦ contact arc ♦ Des Arc ♦ Diurnal arc ♦ Electric arc ♦ externally heated arc ♦ Hellenic Arc and Trench ♦ island arc ♦ Joan of Arc ♦ magmatic arc ♦ metal arc welding with rod electrodes ♦ minute of arc ♦ reflex arc ♦ striking of an arc ♦ Tangent of an arc ♦ thermionic arc ♦ volcanic arc ♦ voltaic arc. Additional references.

Beginning with "arc": arc-back, arc-boutant, arc-drop, arc-en-ciel, arc-eye, arc-info, arc-lamp, arc-lamps, arc-light, arc-lights, arc-like, arc-shaped, arc-through, arc-trench, arc-welder, arc-welding.

Ending with "arc": back-arc, outer-arc, volcanic-arc.

Containing "arc": electric-arc furnace.

Albanian

hark elektrik, hark (arch, bow, cantilever, crossbow, span). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قوس (arch, bow, bracket, hoop), ‏جزء من دائرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

волтова дъга (voltaic arc), дъга (bow, catenary, clapboard, curve, quadrant, rainbow, stave, tug), движа се по дъга. (various references)

Chinese 

弧 (ARCS). (various references)

Czech

oblouk (arch, archway, bow, curve, span). (various references)

Danish

bue (bow). (various references)

Dutch

toog (bow), boog (arch, bow). (various references)

Esperanto

arko (bow). (various references)

Faeroese

bogi (bow). (various references)

Farsi 

هلال , کمان (Bow), قوس (Arch, Archer, Bow, Chord), طاق (Arch, Azygos, Roof, Vault), جرقه (Scintillation, Spark, Sparkle). (various references)

Finnish

kaari (arch, bow, curve). (various references)

French

arc (arch, Arctic, arcus, electric arc). (various references)

Frisian

bôge (bow). (various references)

German

Bogen (arch, bend, bow, bulge, curve, detour, quire, scallop, sheet, sheet of paper, slur, span, sweep, swerve, tie, turn). (various references)

Greek 

τόξο (bow, crossbow). (various references)

Hebrew 

קשת (arch, bow, rainbow, vault). (various references)

Hungarian

körív (arc of a circle, bow), ív (arc of a circle, arch, bend, bow, ligature, long bend, reiteration, rise of arch, sheet, sinuosity, span). (various references)

Italian

arco (arch, bow, space). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

円弧. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

こせん (old coin), こけい (solid), こ (big, business, child, counter for houses, counter for mil. units, crime, fault, great, individual, large, old, price, selling, sin, the late, the young of animals), アーク , えんこ (affinity, connection, relation, saltlake). (various references)

Korean 

아크 (ARCS). (various references)

Manx

cruillag, arcyn. (various references)

Papiamen

bog (bow). (various references)

Pig Latin

arcay.(various references)

Portuguese

arco (arch, arch-, archway, bend, bow, hoop, rim, round, tire). (various references)

Romanian

arc voltaic, arc (arch, bow, curve, limb, prop, spring, vault), bolta (bow). (various references)

Russian 

дуга (arch, bow, circular arc). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svetlosni luk, luk (bend, bow, drawing bow, onion, sinuosity, vault), duga (mane, rainbow, stave, streamer). (various references)

Spanish

arco (arch, archway, bail, bow, hoop, long bow), semicirculo (halfcircle, hemisphere). (various references)

Sranan

bo (bow). (various references)

Swedish

båge (arch, bow, curve, frame, rim, slur, tie, wicket). (various references)

Thai

เคลื่อนที่เป็นแนวโค้ง, ส่วนโค้ง. (various references)

Turkish

atlamak (arc over, dive, elide, grasp at, hop, hop on, jump, leap, leave out, miss out, omit, skip, snatch at, vault), atlama yapmak (arc over), ark (cannal, ditch, runnel), yay (arch, bow, coil, coil spring, release, spring, string), kavis (arch, bow, camber, curve, loop, winding), elektrik atlaması. (various references)

Ukrainian

іскра (scintilla, spark), склепіння (arch, barrel, camera, cove, coving, vault, vaulting), вигин (bend, camber, crook, curve, elbow, twist), електрична дуга, арка (arch, archway), дуга (arch, bend, bow, horseshoe). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hồ quang. (various references)

Welsh

arc, bwa (arch, bow). (various references)

arcus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "arc": arcade, arcaded, arcades, arcadia, arcadian, arcadians, arcadias, arcading, arcadings, arcana, arcane, arcanum, arcanums, arcature, arcatures, arccosine, arccosines, arced, arch, archaea, archaeal, archaean, archaeans, archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeoastronomies, archaeoastronomy, archaeological, archaeologically, archaeologies, archaeologist, archaeologists, archaeology, archaeopteryx, archaeopteryxes, archaic, archaically, archaise, archaised, archaises, archaising, archaism, archaisms, archaist, archaistic, archaists, archaize, archaized, archaizes, archaizing, archangel. (additional references)

Words ending with "arc": ectosarc, endosarc, futharc, marc, narc, perisarc. (additional references)

Words containing "arc": acritarch, acritarchs, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata, adenocarcinomatous, anarch, anarchic, anarchical, anarchically, anarchies, anarchism, anarchisms, anarchist, anarchistic, anarchists, anarchs, anarchy, anasarca, anasarcas, anasarcous, antarctic, anticarcinogen, anticarcinogenic, anticarcinogens, antihierarchical, antimonarchical, antimonarchist, antimonarchists, autarchic, autarchical, autarchies, autarchy, barcarole, barcaroles, barcarolle, barcarolles, barchan, barchans, bearcat, bearcats, carcajou, carcajous, carcanet, carcanets, carcase, carcases, carcass, carcasses, carcel, carcels. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Arc" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aac, aacc, Acg, acj, acq, acr, acru, acz, adcm, afc, afcf, Agca, Agcg, Agcl, ahc, aic, aicc, airc, aircr, Ajc, alric, amc, amric, anc, aork, Aqc, A'r, arac, Aracy, Arca, Arcc, arce, arck, arcm, arct, arec, arf, Arh, Aric, arj, Arku, arq, arr, Arrc, arrh, arru, ars, arsh, aru, arv, arx, arz, asc, Ascj, Asroc, auc, avc, Awcc, brc, crc, ercy, iafc, Iirc, iroc, Itrc, rac, rk, sarc, src, urc, uvc. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: car.

-1 letter: ar.

+1 letter: acre, arch, arco, arcs, carb, card, care, cark, carl, carn, carp, carr, cars, cart, char, crab, crag, cram, crap, craw, czar, marc, narc, orca, race, rack, racy, scar.

+2 letters: acari, acerb, acorn, acred, acres, acrid, actor, arced, arcus, areca, areic, auric, baric, brace, brach, bract, caber, cadre, cager, caird, cairn, caner, caper, carat, carbo, carbs, cards, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, cargo, carks, carle, carls, carns, carny, carob, carol, carom, carpi, carps, carrs, carry, carse, carte, carts, carve, cater, caver, cedar, ceria, chair, chard, chare, chark, charm, charr, chars, chart, chary, cigar, circa, claro, clary, clear, cobra, copra, coral, coria, craal, crabs, crack, craft, crags, crake, cramp, crams, crane, crank, crape, craps, crash, crass, crate, crave, crawl, craws, craze, crazy, creak, cream, croak, crura, curia, cymar, czars, daric, erica, escar, facer, farce, farci, farcy, franc, grace, lacer, larch, macer, macro, march, marcs, micra, nacre, narco, narcs, naric, ocrea, orach, orcas, pacer, parch, rabic, raced, racer, races, racks, racon, rance, ranch, ratch, reach, react, recap, recta, roach, sacra, scare, scarf, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scaur, scrag, scram, scrap, serac, taroc, trace, track, tract, triac, vicar, wrack.