Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ARC

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Definitions of ARC

1. (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. [from 14th c.]
2. (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. [from 16th c.]
3. A curve, in general. [from 17th c.]
4. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape. [from 17th c.]
5. (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning. [from 19th c.]
6. (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically <nowiki>[0, 1]</nowiki>) into a space.
7. (graph theory) A directed edge.
8. (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
9. (film) An arclight.
10. (ambitransitive) To move following a curved path.
11. (transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
12. (intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
13. (publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
14. (pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
15. (programming, uncountable) Acronym of w:Automatic Reference Counting.
16. Initialism of American Red Cross.
17. (nautical, military) The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
18. (nautical, military, initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.
19. (historical) A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.
20. (narratology) A story arc. [from 20th c.]

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