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Arch and Arc Definitions

Arch

A usually curved structure forming the upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.

Arc

Something shaped like a curve or arch
The vivid arc of a rainbow.

Arch

A structure, such as a freestanding monument, shaped like an inverted U.

Arc

(Mathematics) A segment of a circle.

Arch

A curve with the ends down and the middle up:the arch of a raised eyebrow.

Arc

An electric arc.
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Arch

(Anatomy)An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.

Arc

(Astronomy) The apparent path of a celestial body as it rises above and falls below the horizon.

Arch

To provide with an arch:arch a passageway.

Arc

A progression of events suggesting narrative cohesion, especially one that rises to a climax and settles to a final conclusion.

Arch

To cause to form an arch or similar curve.

Arc

To form an arc.
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Arch

To bend backward:The dancers alternately arched and hunched their backs.

Arc

To move or seem to move in a curved path
The stars that arc across the sky.

Arch

To span:"the rude bridge that arched the flood"(Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Arc

(astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

Arch

To form an arch or archlike curve:The high fly ball arched toward the stands.

Arc

(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
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Arch

Chief; principal
Their arch foe.

Arc

A curve, in general. Category:en:Curves

Arch

Mischievous; roguish
"She ... was arch enough to inform the queen whenever I committed any folly that she thought would be diverting to her majesty" (Jonathan Swift).

Arc

A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.

Arch

Teasing, ironic, or sardonic
"I know, Edy Boardman said none too amiably with an arch glance from her shortsighted eyes. I know who is Tommy's sweetheart" (James Joyce).

Arc

(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.

Arch

An inverted U shape.

Arc

A story arc.

Arch

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

Arc

(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

Arch

(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch

Arc

(graph theory) A directed edge.

Arch

Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
To pass into the arch of a bridge

Arc

The three-point line.

Arch

An arc; a part of a curve.

Arc

(film) An arclight.

Arch

A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.

Arc

(ambitransitive) To move following a curved path.

Arch

(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.

Arc

(transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.

Arch

(obsolete) chief

Arc

(intransitive) To form an electrical arc.

Arch

To form into an arch shape.
The cat arched its back

Arc

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

Arch

To cover with an arch or arches.

Arc

A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

Arch

Knowing, clever, mischievous
I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.

Arc

An arch.
Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs.

Arch

Principal; primary
They were arch enemies.

Arc

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.

Arch

Any part of a curved line.

Arc

To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit.

Arch

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Arc

Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

Arch

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

Arc

A continuous portion of a circle

Arch

Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.

Arc

Something curved in shape

Arch

A chief.
My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.

Arc

Form an arch or curve;
Her back arches
Her hips curve nicely

Arch

To cover with an arch or arches.

Arch

To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
The horse arched his neck.

Arch

To form into an arch; to curve.

Arch

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
The most arch act of piteous massacre.

Arch

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.

Arch

A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

Arch

A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)

Arch

A passageway under an arch

Arch

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Arch

Form an arch or curve;
Her back arches
Her hips curve nicely

Arch

(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office;
His arch rival

Arch

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

Arch

Expert in skulduggery;
An arch criminal

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