Arc

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arc \Arc\ ([aum]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Arcked} ([aum]rkt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Arcking}.] (Elec.)
     To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken
     or disconnected circuit.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arc \Arc\, n. [F. arc, L. arcus bow, arc. See {Arch}, n.]
     1. (Geom.) A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a
        circle or of an ellipse.
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     2. A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as,
        the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's
        quadrant.
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     3. An arch. [Obs.]
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              Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs. --Milton.
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     4. The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by
        the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is
        described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the
        night.
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     {Electric arc}, {Voltaic arc}. See under {Voltaic}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arc
       n 1: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric
            field [syn: {discharge}, {spark}, {electric arc}, {electric
            discharge}]
       2: a continuous portion of a circle
       3: something curved in shape [syn: {bow}]
       v : form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve
           nicely" [syn: {arch}, {curve}]
       [also: {arcking}, {arcked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "arc":
     AC arc, Poulsen arc, aperiodic discharge, arc column,
     arc discharge, arc light, arch, bend, bow, brush discharge,
     catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, color filter, conchoid,
     crook, curl, curvation, curvature, curve, diacaustic, dimmer,
     discharge, disruptive discharge, electric discharge,
     electric shock, electric spark, electrodeless discharge, ellipse,
     festoon, floats, flood, floodlight, footlights, foots,
     galvanic shock, gelatin, glow discharge, hook, hyperbola,
     klieg light, light plot, lights, limelight, lituus, marquee,
     medium, oscillatory discharge, parabola, round, shock,
     silent discharge, sinus, spark, spark gap, spot, spotlight,
     tracery
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ARC
       Advanced RISC Computing [architecture] (ACE, RISC)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  arc
       
          1.  An old {archive} format for {IBM PC}.
          The format is now so obscure that it is only likely to be
          supported by jack-of-all-trades decompression programs such as
          {WINZIP}.
       
          2.  An {edge} in a {tree}.  "{branch}" is a
          generally more common synonym.
       
          (1998-12-29)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ARC
       
          {Advanced RISC Computing Specification}