Meaning of arc | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.
   historical
2. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Aramaic
3. Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
4. Initialism of American Red Cross.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).
6. That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
7. That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
8. Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
9. A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
10. A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve
11. Acronym of automatic reference counting.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
12. A curve, in general.
13. A curve, in general
14. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
15. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape
16. A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
17. Ellipsis of story arc.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
18. A period or phase in a person's life.
    Internet, broadly
19. A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
20. A directed edge.
21. The three-point line.
    slang
22. An arclight.

Equivalents

Examples

“For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form of arcs, Homestuck is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection.”

“I'm hitting the gym three times a week or more at the moment. I'm in my gym bro arc.”

“I miss my drawing arc. I feel like I was much more creative back then.”

“For all practical purposes the old carbon arcs, which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.”

““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.””

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