Arc

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something shaped like a curve or arch: the vivid arc of a rainbow.
  • n. Mathematics A segment of a circle.
  • n. An electric arc.
  • n. Astronomy The apparent path of a celestial body as it rises above and falls below the horizon.
  • verb-intransitive. To form an arc.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or seem to move in a curved path: the stars that arc across the sky.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A directed edge.
  • v. To move following a curved path.
  • v. To form an electrical arc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A portion of a curved line.
  • n. A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch
  • n. An arch.
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geometry, any part of a curved line, as of a circle, especially one which does not include a point of inflection or cusp.
  • n. 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.
  • n. In architecture, an arch.
  • n. Obsolete form of ark.
  • n. An abbreviation of Associate of the Royal College of Organists.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something curved in shape
  • v. form an arch or curve
  • n. a continuous portion of a circle
  • n. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    arced    arcing    arcked    arcking    arcs   
    Variant
    arcked    arcking   
    Form
    arcked    arcking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arch    curve    swoop    circular arc    circle segment    arrow    directed edge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ark    Clark    Clarke    Lark    Marc    Mark    Merc    Park    Sark    Spark   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spiral    circle    sweep    slash    curve    flare    arch    streak    angle    flash