arc
Multiple Entries:arc ARC
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arc /ɑːk/
▶noun
- 1 a curve forming part of the circumference of a circle or other figure.
■ a curving trajectory.
■ [as modifier] Mathematics indicating the inverse of a trigonometrical function: arc cosine.
- 2 a luminous electrical discharge between two points.
- 3 (in a novel, play, film, etc.) the development or resolution of the narrative or principal theme: the emotional arc of the movie.
- 1 move with a curving trajectory.
- 2 (as noun arcing) the forming of an electric arc.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. arcus ‘bow, curve’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ARC
▶abbreviation Medicine Aids-related complex.
'arc' also found in these Oxford entries:
ARC
- arc lamp
- arc second
- arc welding
- brush discharge
- carbon
- carve
- chord
- crescent
- cyclorama
- electric-arc furnace
- fullerene
- horseshoe
- igniter
- limb
- lob
- minute
- octant
- parsec
- radian
- reflex arc
- sea mile
- second
- sector
- segmental
- sextant
- strike
- subtend
- sweep
- windscreen wiper
