Arc (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
  2. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes.
  3. the part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.
  4. anything bow-shaped.
verb (used without object), arced [ahrkt] /ɑrkt/ or arcked, arc·ing [ahr-king] /ˈɑr kɪŋ/ or arck·ing.
  1. to form an electric arc.
  2. to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.
noun
  1. AIDS-related complex.
abbreviation
  1. American Red Cross.
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. a circular section of the apparent path of a celestial body
  5. a section of a curve, graph, or geometric figure
verb arcs, arcing, arced, arcs, arcking or arcked
  1. to form an arc
prefix
  1. specifying an inverse trigonometric function: usually written arcsin, arctan, arcsec, etc, or sometimes sin –1, tan –1, sec –1, etc
abbreviation for
  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
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