ARC

¹

[ahrk]

noun

1. Pathology.,  AIDS-related complex.

ARC

²

Or A.R.C.

abbreviation

1. American Red Cross.

arc

³

[ahrk]

noun

1. Geometry.,  any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.

2. Also called electric arc. Electricity.,  a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes.

3. Astronomy.,  the part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.

4. anything bow-shaped.

verb (used without object)

arced, arcked, arcing, arcking. 

1. to form an electric arc.

2. to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.

ARC

¹

abbreviation

1. AIDS-related complex: an early condition in which a person infected with the AIDS virus may suffer from such mild symptoms as loss of weight, fever, etc

arc

²

/ ɑːk /

noun

1. something curved in shape

2. part of an unbroken curved line

3. a luminous discharge that occurs when an electric current flows between two electrodes or any other two surfaces separated by a small gap and a high potential difference

4. astronomy a circular section of the apparent path of a celestial body

5. maths a section of a curve, graph, or geometric figure

verb

1. (intr) to form an arc

prefix

1. maths specifying an inverse trigonometric function: usually written arcsin , arctan , arcsec , etc, or sometimes sin–1 , tan–1 , sec–1 , etc

arc

1. A segment of a circle.

2. See electric arc

Word History and Origins

Origin of ARC¹

1350–1400; Middle English ark < Latin arcus bow, arch, curve

Word History and Origins

Origin of ARC¹

C14: from Old French, from Latin arcus bow, arch

Example Sentences

But it is the end of the kind of education that seeks to bend the arc toward justice and equity.

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Even if the gyre of contemporary fandom demands mess, spite, flops and redemption arcs, Lipa glides over all of it, with morally sound politics and an immaculately tasteful book club to spare.

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He has Cronin’s blessing to shoot from beyond the arc when he’s open.

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As the years passed, Goodall continued to track Gombe’s chimps, accumulating enough information to draw the arcs of their lives — from birth through sometimes troubled adolescence, maturity, illness and finally death.

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I’m cautious, too, about trusting the rule of law when, despite many favorable lower court rulings, the arc of the Supreme Court seems to bend ever more Trumpward.

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