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arbustive |
arbute |
arbutus |
arbutus menziesii |
arbutus unedo |
arc
| arc cosecant
| arc cosine
| arc cotangent
| arc lamp
| arc light
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arc has 3 senses
- arc(n = noun.phenomenon) discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark - electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field; Array has particulars: brush discharge, 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, flashover
- arc(n = noun.shape) Array - a continuous portion of a circle; Array has particulars: limb
- arc(n = noun.shape) bow - something curved in shape; Array has particulars: rainbow
is a kind of electrical conduction
is a kind of curve, curved shape
is a part of circle, sector
Derived forms verb arc1, adjective arcuate1
is a kind of curve, curved shape
Derived form verb arc1
Verb arc has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse. [1913 Webster]
- A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant. [1913 Webster]
- An arch. [1913 Webster]"Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
arc, v. i.
To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arc, abbr.
1 (in the UK) Agricultural Research Council.
2 Aids-related complex.
1 (in the UK) Agricultural Research Council.
2 Aids-related complex.
arc, n. & v.
--n.
1 part of the circumference of a circle or any other curve.
2 Electr. a luminous discharge between two electrodes.
--v.intr. (arced; arcing) form an arc.
--n.
1 part of the circumference of a circle or any other curve.
2 Electr. a luminous discharge between two electrodes.
--v.intr. (arced; arcing) form an arc.
Idiom
arc lamp (or light) a light source using an electric arc. arc welding a method of using an electric arc to melt metals to be welded.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L arcus bow, curve
THESAURUS
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, traceryROGET THESAURUS
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Curvature
N curvature, curvity, curvation, incurvature, incurvity, incurvation, bend, flexure, flexion, flection, conflexure, crook, hook, bought, bending, deflection, deflexion, inflection, inflexion, concameration, arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep, curl, curling, bough, recurvity, recurvation, sinuosity, kink, carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck, parabola, hyperbola, helix, spiral, catenary, festoon, conchoid, cardioid, caustic, tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof, bay window, bow window, sine curve, spline, spline curve, spline function, obliquity, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, devex, devious, recurved, recurvous, crump, bowed, vaulted, hooked, falciform, falcated, semicircular, crescentic, sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid, luniform, lunular, semilunar, conchoidal, helical, double helical, spiral, kinky, cordiform, cordated, cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney-shaped, reniform, lentiform, lenticular, bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched, beaked, bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute, clypeate, clypeiform, cymbiform, embowed, galeiform, hamate, hamiform, hamous, hooked, linguiform, lingulate, lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid, rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid, scutate, scaphoid, uncate, unguiculate, unguiform.
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