Definition of Arc

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Definition of Arc

Arc

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

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

An arch.

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.

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

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Arc Quotations

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
Indira Gandhi

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.
Charles Bukowski

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.
Nicolaus Copernicus

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.
Maureen O'Hara

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.
Bea Arthur

If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between rich and poor and with how the rich somehow or other always manage to betray the poor, even when they don't mean to.
Richard Russo

When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country.
Jean-Marie Le Pen

As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there.
Michael Nesmith

Arc Translations

arc in Danish is bue
arc in Dutch is toog, boog
arc in Finnish is kaari
arc in German is Bogen
arc in Italian is arco, emiciclo
arc in Latin is arcus
arc in Portuguese is arco
arc in Spanish is semicirculo

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