arc

IPA: ˈɑrk

(astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
A curve, in general.
A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.
(narratology) A story arc.
(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
(graph theory) A directed edge.
(basketball, slang) The three-point line.
(film) An arclight.
(nautical, military) The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
(historical) A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.
(publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
(pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex. [(medicine, pathology) A prodromal phase of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.]
(programming, uncountable) Acronym of Automatic Reference Counting.
Initialism of American Red Cross.

(nautical, military, initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.

Examples of "arc" in Sentences

Anon: The next story arc is called "Family Reunion".
Their political arc is now in descent, and their leaders are distancing themselves.
Point3d secondPoint): base (arc) {_arc = arc; _dragPoint = dragPoint; _firstPoint = firstPoint;
Most of the arc is there, buried or only mentioned or simply still in my head instead of on the page.
The main arc is a murder mystery around an original Melrose character, Laura Leighton's Sydney Andrews.
Tying it into The Avengers arc is probably the only reason I'd watch it. blog comments powered by Disqus
The peak of the arc is the revelation, where the character experiences the most significant transformation.
Point3d secondPoint, Line2d line): base (arc) {_arc = arc; _dragPoint = dragPoint; _firstPoint = firstPoint;
The first 5 seasons were top notch, had they ended off then 24 would have gone out on top. (6-8 have been terrible, but I agree with you that Anil Kapoors arc is pretty interesting)
On viewing from the opposite edge of the lentil, forming the division of the two great scaly plates, a sac or canal, k. proceeding from the posterior part of the lentil, there is distinctly visible the body u, which we call the arc; where there are five transverse hairy bands of a yellow colour, while the rest is white.