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Verb
/ärk/,
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arcs, plural;
  1. Move with a curving trajectory
    • - the ball arced across the room
  2. Form an electric arc
    • - check that switches operate properly with no sign of arcing
Noun
  1. A part of the circumference of a circle or other curve

  2. A curved shape, or something shaped like a curve
    • - the huge arc of the sky
  3. A curving trajectory
    • - he swung his flashlight in a wide arc
  4. Indicating the inverse of a trigonometrical function

  5. A luminous electrical discharge between two electrodes or other points

  6. (in a novel, play, or movie) The development or resolution of the narrative or principal theme
    • - his transformation provides the emotional arc of the story
  1. (arc) discharge: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  2. (arc) arch: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
  3. (arc) a continuous portion of a circle
  4. (arc) bow: something curved in shape
  5. ARCS is a firmware bootloader (also known as a PROM console) used in most computers produced by SGI since the beginning of the 1990s.
  6. The Associateship of the Royal College of Science (ARCS) is an honorary degree-equivalent award presented by Imperial College London to students who complete an undergraduate course of study in science. ...
  7. (Arc (album)) Arc is a composition of feedback, guitar noise, and vocal fragments that was realized from various shows on the 1991 Neil Young and Crazy Horse US tour, which was originally released with Weld in a special-edition 3-CD set called Arc-Weld. ...
  8. (ARC (artist-run centre)) Canadian artist-run centres (ARC or ARCs) are a series of galleries and art spaces developed by artists in Canada since the 1960s. "Artist-run centre" is the common term of use for artist-initiated and managed organizations in Canada. ...
  9. (ARC (Callsign)) The Colombian National Armada (Armada Nacional Colombiana or de Colombia) is the naval armed force of Colombia. It is also known simply as the National Armada (Armada Nacional), or as the Armada of the Republic of Colombia (Armada de la República de Colombia).
  10. (Arc (electricity)) An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air. A synonym is arc discharge. The phenomenon was first described by Vasily V. ...
  11. (ARC) Australian Research Council
  12. (arc) In astrology, the curved path of a stellar body and the angular measurement of this path.
  13. (arc) One partial revolution of the radiation source in an external beam radiation therapy treatment. An arc is defined by its starting and ending points, plane of rotation, etc.
  14. (ARC) Almost Ready to Crash. An rc airplane or helicopter that knows something that the pilot is just about to find out.
  15. (Arc) An ordered string of vertices (x, y coordinate pairs) that begin at one location and end at another. Connecting the arc's vertices creates a line. The vertices at each endpoint of an arc are called nodes.
  16. (ARC) The Airlines Reporting Corporation - is responsible for supervising payments from travel agencies to airlines along with the manner in which tickets are issued to consumers.
  17. (ARC) Describes how far around in a circular pattern a sprinkler will rotate or spray. (A sprinkler with a 90° arc would spray a quarter circle pattern.)
  18. (ARC) The luminous discharge of electricity between two electrodes in HID lighting.
  19. (Arc) A discharge of electricity through air or a gas.
  20. (ARC) A shape, with between one to five corners, and one open side.
  21. (Arc) Ball path from foul line to headpin that does not have a sharp, defined break point.
  22. (arc) A regularly curved open element that has a constant radius around a single center point.
  23. (arc) a locus of points that forms a curve that is defined by a mathematical expression.
  24. (ARC) AIDS-related Complex.
  25. (ARC) Ames Research Center