arcus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of arcus
< Latin: bow, arch
Example Sentences
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One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Video shows a shelf cloud - a type of arcus cloud - form before a thunderstorm hit Portland.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2022
To Cassiopeia, she added, “Next time, try pluvius arcus, dear; the meaning is clearer.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Practically every one with a well-marked arcus senilis has arteriosclerosis, but vice versa not every one with even marked arteriosclerosis has an arcus senilis.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
Its claim, as the parent of projectile implements, is recognized in the common etymology of arcus, arcualia—artillery.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
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