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ARC (arcked, arcking)
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, arcking Dictionary entry overview: What does arc mean?
• ARC (noun)
The noun ARC has 3 senses:
1. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
2. a continuous portion of a circle
3. something curved in shape
Familiarity information: ARC used as a noun is uncommon.
• ARC (verb)
The verb ARC has 1 sense:
1. form an arch or curve
Familiarity information: ARC used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark
Hypernyms ("arc" is a kind of...):
electrical conduction (the passage of electricity through a conductor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arc"):
brush discharge (discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles)
corona; corona discharge; corposant; electric glow; Saint Elmo's fire; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; Saint Ulmo's light; St. Elmo's fire (an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere)
flashover (an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A continuous portion of a circle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("arc" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arc"):
limb (the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles)
Holonyms ("arc" is a part of...):
circle (ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point)
sector (a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle)
Derivation:
arc (form an arch or curve)
arcuate (forming or resembling an arch)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something curved in shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
arc; bow
Hypernyms ("arc" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arc"):
rainbow (an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain)
Derivation:
arc (form an arch or curve)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it arcs Past simple: arced
/ arcked Past participle: arced
/ arcked -ing form: arcing
/ arcking Sense 1
Meaning:
Form an arch or curve
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
her hips curve nicely
Hypernyms (to "arc" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "arc"):
camber (curve upward in the middle)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
arc (a continuous portion of a circle)
arc (something curved in shape)
Context examples
No other candidate galaxy has been found at such a great distance that also gives you the spatial information that this arc image does.
(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)
Consequently, the swirls, loops and arcs in this new image trace the structure of the magnetic field in our home galaxy.
(Planck Takes Magnetic Fingerprint of Our Galaxy, JPL/NASA)
Scientists believe the arc and protuberances are caused by the gravitational effects of a nearby object.
(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)
The hypar origami form, with its sweeping opposing arcs and saddle shape, has long been popular with artists working in the paper-folding tradition.
(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)
A unit of plane angle measurement equal to the length of the arc cut out by the angle, divided by the circumference of the circle, and multiplied by 360.
(Degree Unit of Plane Angle, NCI Thesaurus)
This reflex arc provides negative feedback.
(Muscle Spindle, NCI Thesaurus)
The examiner measures the angle made by the arc from the table to the infant's heels; increased angle for age suggests hypotonia, and decreased angle for age suggests hypertonia.
(Heel to Ear Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Arc volcanoes are hotspots for carbon dioxide emissions that enter the atmosphere.
(Major deep carbon sink linked to microbes at volcanic island chains, National Science Foundation)
The color images for this observation, obtained in April 2015, are the first to show large northern areas of Tethys under the illumination and viewing conditions necessary to see the arcs clearly.
(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
Curved like a bow; describing an arc of a circle or that which winds around something; denotes several anatomical structures: arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles.
(Circumflex, NCI Thesaurus)
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