arc

(Inglés)

Noun

1. That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
2. A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
3. A curve, in general.
4. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
5. A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of story arc.
7. (Internet, broadly) Ellipsis of story arc.
8. A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
9. A directed edge.
10. (slang) The three-point line.
11. An arclight.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To move following a curved path.
2. (transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
3. (intransitive) To form an electrical arc.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɑːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: ark

In summary

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.

Conceptos

arco

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curva

semicirculo

sector de tiro

arco eléctrico

Sinónimos

arch

curve

bow

🙇

electric arc

edge

electric discharge

discharge

curvature

spark

bend

vault

semicircle

shape

sweep

trajectory

voltaic arc

warp

half circle

arcus

arc de circle

archway

branch

circular arc

crescent

crossbow

fornix

half-moon

link

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parabola

pommel

rainbow

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