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- From the verb arc: (⇒ conjugate)
- arcking is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
- v pres p (Rare)
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026arck•ing
(är′king),USA pronunciation v.
- a ppr. of arc.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026arc /ɑrk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Mathematicsany unbroken part of the circumference of a circle:an arc of twenty degrees.
- something curved or arched like a bow.
- Electricitythe light formed in a gap between two electrodes when electricity flows through them:the arc of the light bulb.
v. [no object]
- Electricityto form an electric arc:The current arced across the electrodes.
- to move in a curved line:The ball arced through the air.
ARC or A.R.C.,
an abbreviation of:
- American Red Cross.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026arc
(ärk),USA pronunciation n., v., arced (ärkt)USA pronunciation or arcked, arc•ing
(är′king)USA pronunciation or arck•ing.
n.
- Mathematics[Geom.]any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ElectricityAlso called electric arc. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes. Cf. spark1 (def. 2).
- Astronomythe part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.
- anything bow-shaped.
v.i.
- Electricityto form an electric arc.
- to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.
- Latin arcus bow, arch, curve
- Middle English ark 1350–1400
ARC
(ärk),USA pronunciation
- Pathology, n. See AIDS-related complex.
ARC, - American Red Cross.
Also, A.R.C.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
arc /ɑːk/ n - something curved in shape
- part of an unbroken curved line
- the manner in which a situation, story, etc develops over a period of time
- a luminous discharge that occurs when an electric current flows between two electrodes or any other two surfaces separated by a small gap and a high potential difference
- a section of a curve, graph, or geometric figure
vb (arcs, arcing, arced, arcs, arcking, arcked)- (intransitive) to form an arc
prefix - specifying an inverse trigonometric function: usually written arcsin, arctan, arcsec, etc, or sometimes sin–1, tan–1, sec–1, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin arcus bow, arch
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