Dictionary Entry
arc
arc is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
- 2noun
A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
- 3noun
An arch.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- 6noun
a continuous portion of a circle
- 7noun
something curved in shape
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- 8verb
form an arch or curve
"her back arches"
"her hips curve nicely"
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