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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
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A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
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An unbroken part of a circle. Central angle of a circle: An angle whose vertex is the center of a circle.
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A portion of a curve. An arch.
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Spark created by passage of current across a gap; also a curve.
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A portion of the boundary of a circle. 360 degrees equal a full circle. 60 minutes equal 1 degree. 60 seconds equal 1 minute. earth -- Where most of us are. ecliptic — The apparent path that the sun follows through the fixed stars as it passes full circle through the fixed stars.
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A part of a circle; the set of points on the circle between two points on the circle, plus those two endpoints arc
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Segment of a circle or ellipse, sometimes used to describe part of the boundary of a letterform.
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( mathematics) A segment of a circle
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A portion of the circumference of a circle.
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A section or portion of the circumference of the circle.
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A portion of the circumference of an oval, not including the bounding radii or any part of the oval's interior.
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the set of points on a circle that lie in the interior of a central angle.
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An arc is a segment along the circumference of a circle.
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curved line that forms a portion of a circle
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the part of a circle between any two points on the circle
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something curved in shape
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form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
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The quarter circle at each corner of the field in which the ball is placed for a corner kick.
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A continuous part of a curve or circle.
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For engraving, tool path that deflects by a certain amount of degrees (such as 45 degrees or 90 degrees) to create a curve. Also, the curved baseline for placing characters in circular layouts.
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A tool in the Edit menu intended to create circular or semi-circular shapes. By changing the number of radii and/or the number of points used, other shapes can also be created.
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Part of a curve between any two of its points.(See major and minor arc)
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alignment of a circular curve between the PT and the PC
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Any portion of a circle, such as those found in an archway or curved wall.
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A section or part of the circumference of a circle.
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The curved portion of a bend.
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The nearly circular curve around the body made by a golf swing.
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a locus of points that forms a curve that is defined by a mathematical expression.
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A symmetrical bow shape or any continuous portion of a circle.
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The curved path of a stellar body and the angular measurement of this path.
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Distance as measured along the circumference of a circle.
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The surface area of the landscape to which a sprinkler head will provide water. Usually described in degrees or part of a full circle (360 degrees). The degrees of coverage of a sprinkler from one side of pattern to the other. For example, a 90 degree arc would be a quarter circle sprinkler, a 180 degree arc would be a half circle sprinkler, a 360 degree arc would be a full circle sprinkler, etc.
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Part of a curve, from one point on a circle to another. For example, a semicircle is an arc on a circle; its endpoints are the endpoints of a diameter of the circle.
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a continuous portion (as of a circle or ellipse) of a curved line
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A section of a circle that is measured in degrees or radians.
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a curved line that is part of the circumference of a circle
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A curved path usually associated with a turn.
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Any part of a curve. Portion of a circle. Band of sparks or incandescent light formed when an electrical discharge is conducted from one electrode or conducting surface to another.
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An unbroken part of a circle measured by referring to an angle whose vertex is the center of the circle.
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In Euclidean geometry, an arc is a closed segment of a differentiable curve in the two-dimensional plane; for example, a circular arc is a segment of a circle. If the arc segment occupies a great circle (or great ellipse), it is considered a great-arc segment.
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