Meaning

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

    Lichtbogen

  2. A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

    Bogen, Arkus, Kreisbogen

    дуга́dugá, а́ркаárka

    a continuous portion of a circle

  3. A curve, in general.

    Swing it from side to side in a high arc overhead.

    an arc of pupils around their teacher.

    Bogen, Kurve

    дуга́dugá

  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.

    (Internet, broadly)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. (slang)The three-point line.

  10. An arclight.

Examples

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  1. This arc is central to the plot.

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  2. The rainbow forms an arc in the sky.

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  3. Carbon arc lamps emit a spectrum similar to sunlight.

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  4. Most arc lamps can only be found in museums nowadays.

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  5. Chapter fifteen contained a pivotal moment in the protagonist's character arc.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
geometry: part of a curve:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
electric discharge:
geometry: part of a curve:
curve:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, 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.

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