arc
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forAramaic . A geometric arc, upper right. An electric arc between two nails. Inherited fromMiddle English ark Old French arc Latin arcus ( “ a bow, arc, arch ” ) , ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos ( “ bow ,arrow ” ) .Doublet ofarch arco , and arrow
arc (plural arcs
( astronomy ) circle which aheavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.[from 14th c.] ( geometry ) circumference of a circle (circular arc ) or of another curve.[from 16th c.] Acurve , in general.[from 17th c.] A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.[from 17th c.] ( electrics ) flow ofcurrent across aninsulating medium; especially ahot ,luminous discharge between either twoelectrodes or aslightning .[from 19th c.] ( narratology ) story arc .[from 20th c.] 2015 February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, inThe Atlantic [2] For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form ofarcs ,Homestuck is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection.
( mathematics ) continuous mapping from areal interval (typically [0, 1]) into aspace .( graph theory ) directed edge .( basketball , slang ) three-point line .( film ) arclight .2012 Film Lighting :For all practical purposes the old carbonarcs , which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.
geometry: part of a curve
Arabic:قَوْس (ar) m ( qaws ) ,مُنْحَنَى m ( munḥanā ) Armenian: աղեղ (hy) ( aġeġ ) Azerbaijani:qövs (az) Catalan:arc (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 弧 (zh) ( hú ) Czech:oblouk (cs) m Danish: bue c Dutch: boog (nl) m Esperanto: arko Finnish:kaari (fi) French:arc de courbe m Galician: arco (gl) m German: Bogen (de) m , Arkus m , Kreisbogen (de) m Hawaiian: kaula Hungarian:ív (hu) ,körív (hu) Ido:arko (io) Irish:arc m Italian: arco (it) m Japanese: 円弧 (ja) ( えんこ, enko ) Korean:원호 (ko) ( wonho ) Latin:arcus (la) m Malay: lengkung (ms) ,lengkuk lengkok Malayalam:ചാപം (ml) ( cāpaṁ ) Maori:pewa Navajo:názhah Norwegian:Bokmål:bue (no) m , boge m Nynorsk: boge m Persian: کمان (fa) ( kamân ) Polish:łuk (pl) m Portuguese: arco (pt) m Romanian: arc (ro) n Russian: дуга́ (ru) f ( dugá ) ,а́рка (ru) f ( árka ) Spanish: arco (es) m Swedish: kurva (sv) c , båge (sv) c Tagalog: bantok Turkish:yay (tr) ,kavis (tr) Vietnamese:vòng cung
curve
Armenian:աղեղ (hy) ( aġeġ ) Bulgarian:дъга (bg) f ( dǎga ) Chinese: Mandarin: 弧形 (zh) ( húxíng ) Czech:oblouk (cs) m Dutch: boog (nl) m Esperanto: arko Finnish:kaari (fi) French:arc (fr) m Galician: curva (gl) f German: Bogen (de) m , Kurve (de) f Hungarian: ív (hu) Ido:arko (io) Italian:arco (it) m Japanese: 弧 (ja) ( こ, ko ) Latin:arcus (la) m Maori: pewa ,tāwhana Navajo:ahééʼídzoh Norwegian:Bokmål:bue (no) m , boge m , krumming (no) m or f , krumning (no) m or f , kurve (no) m Nynorsk: boge m , krumming f , kurve f Persian: خم (fa) ( xam ) ,کمان (fa) ( kamân ) Portuguese:curva (pt) f Quechua: q'iwi Romanian:arc (ro) n Russian: дуга́ (ru) f ( dugá ) Slovak: oblúk m Spanish: curva (es) f Swedish: kurva (sv) c , båge (sv) c Tagalog: bantok Turkish:kavis (tr) ,eğri (tr)
arc (third-person singular simple present arcs present participle arcing or arcking simple past and past participle arced or arcked
( ambitransitive ) 2008 Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1 , page106 :A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfullyarced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.
2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, inBBC [3] Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Daviesarcing round Shontayne Hape.
2024 Bicycle :The big wheel in the skyarcs o'er miles and miles
( transitive ) 1953 James Baldwin ,Go Tell It on the Mountain Knopf ,→OCLC His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, handsarked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.
( intransitive ) “arc ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “arc ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “arc ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . Inherited fromLatin arcus Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-
arc m (plural arcs
bow (weapon)( music ) ( used to play string instruments ) ( geometry ) arc ( architecture ) arch Inherited fromOld French arc Latin arcus ( “ bow, arch ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-
arc m (plural arcs
bow ( weapon ) arc( curve ) ( geometry ) circular arc ,circle segment ( architecture ) arch ( fiction ) story arc Inherited fromLatin arcus
arc m (plural arcs
bow (weapon)( architecture ) arch An archaic compound word oforr ( “ nose ” ) andszáj ( “ mouth ” ) , via Proto-Finno-Ugric elements. The original form of these two words wasor andszá , the compound wordorszá . Over time, the final vowel became short (orsza ), the sz changed to c (orca arca [ 1] [ 2]
arc (plural arcok
( anatomy ) face Synonyms: ( informal ) kép ( colloquial ) pofa ( anatomy ) cheek ( figuratively ) sight ,view ,aspect ,appearance ( slang , often followingjó ) chap ,guy ,dude ,bloke ,fellow arc inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN arc in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .Inherited fromOld Irish orc ,arc ( “ piglet ” ) .
arc m (genitive singular airc nominative plural airc
piglet diminutive animal or personBorrowed fromAnglo-Norman arc Latin arcus ( “ a bow, arc, arch ” ) .
arc m (genitive singular airc nominative plural airc
( mathematics , geometry ) arc arc m (genitive singular airc nominative plural airc
Alternative form ofearc ( “ lizard; reptile ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “arc ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 orc (‘young pig’) ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Inherited fromLatin arcus
arc m (plural arcs
bow arch ,arc Inherited fromLatin arcus
arc oblique singular , m (oblique plural ars nominative singular ars nominative plural arc
bow ( a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string ) ( architecture ) arch arc
Alternative form ofarg Joseph Wright,An Old High German Primer Inherited fromLatin arcus Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-
arc n (plural arcuri
bow ( a weapon ) ( architecture ) arch arc n (plural arce
( geometry ) arc (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
arc m
( obsolete ) sow [ 1] ( obsolete ) piglet ( obsolete ) lizard ( obsolete ) body ( obsolete ) dwarf ( obsolete ) bear ( obsolete ) stag ,hind ( obsolete ) collection ( obsolete ) hero arc f
( obsolete ) bee ,wasp [ 1] ( obsolete ) impost ,tax ( obsolete ) (clarification of this definition is needed) ↑1.0 1.1 arc inEdward Dwelly (1911 ) “arc”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary [1] →ISBN [[[Category:gd:Insects|ARC]]
FromEnglish arc
arc m (plural arcau
( sciences , mathematics ) arc R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “arc ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 
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