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Definition: Electric Arc |
Electric ArcNoun1. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | A luminous column of gas in an arc discharge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Electric ArcSynonyms: arc (n), discharge (n), electric discharge (n), spark (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Electric Arc |
| English words defined with "electric arc": electric-arc furnace ♦ flash butt welding, flash welding, free burning ♦ Stassano furnace, sustained. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "electric arc": ARC CUTTER, arc discharge, arc furnace, arc welding, arc-air operator ♦ burn-out-scarfing operator ♦ externally heated arc ♦ High-Intensity Discharge Lamp, hotshot tunnel ♦ PLATE CONDITIONER ♦ siemensite, steelmaking ♦ thermionic arc, THIRD-RAIL INSTALLER ♦ WELDER HELPER. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electric arc furnace | 29 |
electric arc welding | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "electric arc"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | lysbue, bue (arc, bend, bow, bow saw, dome, hacksaw, hood). (various references) | |
Dutch | vlamboog, lichtboog, boog (arc, arch, bandelette, bow, brace, constricted arc, fornix, strip skin). (various references) | |
Finnish | valokaari. (various references) | |
French | arc électrique, arc. (various references) | |
German | Lichtbogen (carbon arc, externally heated arc, flashover), Flammenbogen (flame arc). (various references) | |
Greek | βολταοκό τόξο, πύρινο τόξο (flame arc), τόξο (ansa, arc, arch, bandelette, bow, brace, circle, crossbow, float). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ívfény (flaming arc, voltaic arc). (various references) | |
Italian | arco (arc, arch, bandelette, bow, brace, bridge, dome, pressure dome, sector, space, strip skin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | electricay arcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arco eléctrico (contact breaker spark, touch spark), arco (arc, arch, arch-, archway, arcus, bandelette, bend, bow, brace, hoop, rim, round, sector, strip skin, tire). (various references) | |
Spanish | arco voltaico, arco eléctrico, arco (arc, arch, archway, bail, bandelette, bow, brace, bridge, dome, hoop, long bow, plantar arch, pressure dome). (various references) | |
Swedish | ljusbåge. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | h" quang điện. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-i-l-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: celeriac, eclectic, electric, recircle, retailer. | |
-4 letters: accrete, alerter, alterer, article, atelier, calcite, caterer, circler, circlet, cirrate, clearer, earlier, erratic, learier, realter, recital, reciter, recrate, relater, reticle, retrace, retrial, tearier, terrace, tiercel, trailer, treacle. | |
-5 letters: acetic, aerier, arctic, artier, atelic, calcic, carcel, career, carrel, cartel, carter, ceiler, celiac, cerate, cereal, cerite, cicale, circle, citral, claret, cleric, crater, create, cretic, ecarte, eclair, elater, irater, irreal, lacier, lactic, racier, railer, realer, recite, rectal, relace, relate, relict, relier, retail, retear, retial, retile, retire, retral, ricrac, rictal, tailer, tearer, tercel, terrae, tierce, tracer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-i-l-r-r-t" | |
+2 letters: recalcitrance. | |
+3 letters: recalcitrances. | |
+4 letters: recalcitrancies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 65 63 74 72 69 63 41 72 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01110010 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e c t r i c   A r c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 0072 0069 0063 0041 0072 0063 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39787169868475692358469 |
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