Arc

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  • noun. Something shaped like a curve or arch.
  • noun. A segment of a circle.
  • noun. An electric arc.
  • noun. The apparent path of a celestial body as it rises above and falls below the horizon.
  • noun. A progression of events suggesting narrative cohesion, especially one that rises to a climax and settles to a final conclusion.
  • intransitive verb. To form an arc.
  • intransitive verb. To move or seem to move in a curved path.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In geometry, any part of a curved line, as of a circle, especially one which does not include a point of inflection or cusp.
  • noun. In astronomy, a part of a circle traversed by the sun or other heavenly body; especially, the part passed over by a star between its rising and setting.
  • noun. In architecture, an arch.
  • noun. Obsolete form of ark.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Associate of the Royal College of Organists.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A portion of a curved line.
  • noun. A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch
  • noun. An arch.
  • noun. The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
  • noun. See under Voltaic.
  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A directed edge.
  • verb. To move following a curved path.
  • verb. To form an electrical arc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something curved in shape
  • verb. form an arch or curve
  • noun. a continuous portion of a circle
  • noun. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  • Equivalent
    Form
    arcked  arcking  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ark  Clark  Clarke  Lark  Marc  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    angle  arch  beam  circle  curve  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    arcked  arcking  
    verb-form
    arced  arcing  arcked  arcking  arcs