Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Formed in the shape of an arc.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Bow-shaped; curved; arched.
- Having the form or structure of the shell of the molluscan genus Area.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having the form of bow (weapon)
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the form of arch; curved.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. forming or resembling an arch
Etymologies
- Latin arcus ("bow") + -form (Wiktionary)
- Latin arci- (from arcus, bow) + -form. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He would search for the minuscule and the uncelebrated, the unlikely structures of elemental form—the helix inside honeycomb, the symmetry of a thyme leaf, the arciform of a daylily.”
“This dual power generating system consists of arciform photovoltaic cells that absorb all the goodness of the sun.”
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Shapes
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