arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: äk
ipa: /ɑːk/
enpr: ärk
ipa: /ɑɹk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
homophone: ark
Forms: form: arcs
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
glosses: A curve, in general.
glosses: A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
qualifier: electrics
glosses: A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
examples: text: For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form of arcs, Homestuck is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection.
ref: 2015 February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, in The Atlantic:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of story arc.
examples: text: I'm hitting the gym three times a week or more at the moment. I'm in my gym bro arc.
text: I miss my drawing arc. I feel like I was much more creative back then.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of story arc.
A period or phase in a person's life.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A directed edge.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The three-point line.
examples: text: For all practical purposes the old carbon arcs, which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.
ref: 2012, Kris Malkiewicz, Film Lighting:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: An arclight.
Synonyms: sense: curve
word: curve
sense: curve
word: swoop
sense: circular arc
word: circular arc
sense: circular arc
word: circle segment
sense: directed edge
word: arrow
sense: directed edge
word: directed edge
Derived terms: arc blast
arc-boutant
arc-connected
arc converter
arc cosecant
arc cosine
arc cotangent
arcdegree
arc elasticity
arc eye
arc fault
arc-fault circuit interrupter
arc flash
arc-form pearly mussel
arc-hyperbolic function
arcjet
arc lamp
arc-lamp
arclength
arclet
arc light
arclike
arc minute
arcminute
arc of history
arcover
arc-over
arc resistance
arc secant
arc-second
arcsecond
arc second
arc spring
arc transmitter
arcual
arcweld
arc weld
arc welder
arc welder's disease
arc welding
backarc
behind the arc
biarc
carbon arc
character arc
circumhorizontal arc
diurnal arc
electric arc
electric arc furnace
forearc
great-circle arc
great circle arc
hyperarc
island arc
mercury arc rectifier
minute of arc
multiarc
nocturnal arc
oxyarc
penalty arc
Poulsen arc
redemption arc
redemptive arc
reflex arc
second of arc
semiarc
subarc
subhelic arc
tropical arc