arc
noun
- closed segment of a differentiable curve
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɑːk/ / /ɑɹk/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish ARCbor. English ARC Borrowed from Spanish ARC.
- A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.
name
Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish ARCbor. English ARC Borrowed from Spanish ARC.
- The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
noun
Etymology: An abbreviation.
- Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
““One of them came up to me in a signing line and asked for a blurb,” says Jen. “Can you believe it? Title I’ve never heard of, from some small press I’ve never heard of, and she comes up to me with a bound ARC, beaming, like of course I’m going to say yes.””
- Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
- Acronym of automatic reference counting.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arcbor. Middle English ark English arc Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.
- To move following a curved path.
“A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.”
“Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.”
- To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
“His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.”
- To form an electrical arc.