Определение слова «arc» на английский

noun

1. (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

2. (geometry) 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. (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.

6. (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.

7. (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

8. (graph theory) A directed edge.

9. (basketball, slang) The three-point line.

10. (film) 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.