arc

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  1. noun Something shaped like a curve or arch: the vivid arc of a rainbow.
  2. noun Mathematics A segment of a circle.
  3. noun An electric arc.
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  • A starter in all 13 games this season, Gibson is averaging a team - best 15.8 ppg, thanks in large part to his 43.3 percent shooting beyond the arc which is almost as good as his 44.2 percent from the field overall. —  KITV.com - Local New
  • "If you hear a loud arc, which is what I refer to as clacking, that means there's a bad connection." —  Top Stories - Google News
  • If this arc were a play, this episode would be the opening scene of the 3rd act. —  COMIXTALK
  • It's the only season which is great because of what the arc is about, as opposed to the rest where the arc provides the backdrop for good episodes. —  feminist blogs
  • The evil onryou enemy of the arc is the spirit of a man named Hozumi no Moronao. —  Comments for Azure Flame
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spiral ·  circle ·  sweep ·  slash ·  curve ·  flare ·  arch ·  streak ·  angle ·  flash ·  globe ·  beam

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arc:   arcs
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus.

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  1. Early modern English also ark; from Middle English ark, arke, from Old French (and F.) arc = Provencal arc = Spanish Portuguese Italian arco, from Latin arcus, arquus, a bow, arc, arch, akin to Anglo-Saxon earh, later English arrow, q. v. Doublet, arch.
 

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