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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arc \Arc\, noun [F. arc, L. arcus bow, arc. See {Arch}, noun]
1. (Geom.) A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
2. A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
3. An arch. [Obs.]
Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs. --Milton.
4. 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.
{Electric arc}, {Voltaic arc}. See under {Voltaic}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arc \Arc\ ([aum]rk), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arcked} ([aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arcking}.] (Elec.) To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arc
noun
1: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: {discharge}, {spark}, {electric arc}, {electric discharge}]
2: a continuous portion of a circle
3: something curved in shape [syn: {bow}]
verb: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" [syn: {arch}, {curve}] [also: {arcking}, {arcked}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, tracery
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
arc
1. An old {archive} format for {IBM PC}. The format is now so obscure that it is only likely to be supported by jack-of-all-trades decompression programs such as {WINZIP}. 2. An {edge} in a {tree}. "{branch}" is a generally more common synonym. (1998-12-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ARC {Advanced RISC Computing Specification}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ARC Advanced RISC Computing [architecture] (ACE, RISC)
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