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That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

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1
That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
2
A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.
3
A curve, in general.
Swing it from side to side in a high arc overhead.
an arc of pupils around their teacher.
4
A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
5
A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
6
Ellipsis of story arc. A period or phase in a person's life.
I'm hitting the gym three times a week or more at the moment. I'm in my gym bro arc.
I miss my drawing arc. I feel like I was much more creative back then.
7
A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
8
A directed edge.
9
argotThe three-point line.
10
An arclight.
For all practical purposes the old carbon arcs, which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.
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Variante de story arcEllipsis of story arc.
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.

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arcbor. Middle English ark English arc 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.

verbe

1
To move following a curved path.
A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.
Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.
The big wheel in the sky He arcs o'er miles and miles
2
To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.
3
To form an electrical arc.

Formes

pluriel: arcs
passé: arced, arcked
participe passé: arced, arcked
participe présent: arcing, arcking
3ᵉ personne du singulier: arcs

arc · That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

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