arcn.

Brit.

/ɑːk/, U.S.

/ɑrk/

Forms: Middle English–1600s ark(e, 1500s arcke, 1500s– arc.

Etymology: < Old French arc < Latin arcum (nominative arcus) bow, arch, curve.

a. Part of the circumference of a circle or other curve.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curve of shape of part of circle

archc1400

bow-line1551

arc1570

bow1594

circumference1656

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > part of circle

arc1570

sextans1596

circumference1656

quadrant1660

quintant1684

sextant1730

octant1753

supplemental arc1754

multiple arc1802

explement1817

1570 H. Billingsley in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iii. Introd. f. 80^v Right lines subtended to arkes in circles.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 64 Any arc described by the revolving body.

1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. i. 18 The French Government..measured a degree of the arc of a meridian on the earth's surface.

b. transferred or figurative.

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1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 15 One of the highest arks that human contemplation circling upward, can make.

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. vii. 250 The Britons shrunk Beyond its arc of motion.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. II. vii. 97 The circle of human nature, then, is not complete without the arc of the emotions.

2. Astronomy. The part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through above (diurnal arc) or below (nocturnal arc) the horizon. The earliest use in English. Also figurative.

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the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > movement in orbit > orbit > diurnal circle > parts of

arcc1386

nocturnal arch1681

nocturnal arc1704

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 551 Parfourmed hath the sonne his ark diourne.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §7. 21 Tak ther thin ark of the day. The remenant of the bordure vnder the Orisonte is the ark of the nyht.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xx. 39 a As faire as Phebus shineth in his arke.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H2^v The stars fixt in the Southern arke.

1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 422 Nocturnal arc is that space of the heavens which the sun apparently describes from the time of his setting to the time of his rising.

1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 173 Say, the small arc of Being we call man Is near its mergence.

3. A band or belt contained between parallel curves; anything presenting this form optically or superficially, e.g. the rainbow (French arc-en-ciel), the brass arc of a quadrant on which the degrees are marked off, etc.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow

yokec1155

archa1592

arc1642

instep1681

water-bow1855

outspan1887

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G3^v The higher causes of that coloured Ark.

1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 120 The quadrant..we found much tarnished, especially the arc.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. vii. 161 He describes the arcs and circles of colours.

†4. An arch. (Cf. French arc de triomphe.) Obsolete.

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1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eiiii The arke triumphant of Seuerus.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 37 Statues and Trophees, and Triumphal Arcs .

1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 13 Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate.

5. The luminous bridge formed between two carbon poles, when they are separated by a small air space, and a powerful current of electricity is sent through them. Often attributive.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric light > [noun] > charcoal pencil > bridge between poles

arc1821

carbon arc1879

1821 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 427 The poles were connected by charcoal so as to make an arc, or column of electrical light.

1895 Philos. Trans. 1894 (Royal Soc.) A. 185 983 The photographic arc spectrum of electrolytic iron.

1900 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 48 820/1 The multiple arc furnace..has lately become much used, because it enables the area of arc heating to be greatly extended.

1935 Discovery Sept. 260/2 The appearance in the arc-spectrum of the ‘raies ultimes’ of copper at λ 3274 and λ 3248 completed the identification of the pigment.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 47/1 Arc furnace, an electric furnace in which the heat is produced by means of an electric arc between carbon electrodes, or between a carbon electrode and the furnace charge.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 47/2 Arc spectrum, a spectrum originating in the non-ionised atoms of an element; usually capable of being excited by the application of a comparatively low stimulus, such as the electric arc.

1946 Nature 2 Nov. 631/1 Faulty power lines which are maintained in operation through the use of arc-suppression coils.

1956 Nature 28 Jan. 157/2 Resistance-type (calrod) heaters embedded in the cast-copper charge oven and arc-chamber support block.

6. transferred in Physiology. Circuit, round.

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1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. ii. 42 The nervous arc..consists of the afferent nerve..the ganglion-corpuscle to which its central extremity runs, and the efferent nerve thence issuing.

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Originally Literary Criticism. The principal plot or narrative development of a literary or dramatic work considered in outline form. Now also: spec. (frequently in story arc) a background plot or ongoing storyline in a serial narrative (esp. a television series), within which self-contained episodes are set; an episode or number of episodes which develop such a background story.

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1962 F. N. Mennemeier in P. Demetz Brecht 148 There is no ‘great dramatic arc’ in Mother Courage... In Brecht's play there is an artfully static structure which carefully balances individual scenes against each other.

1978 G. Stewart in ELH 45 483 In the proliferated death scenes of Bleak House, Dickens brings death as never before into the pages that intervene between the implied oblivion before and after the arc of story, the unvoiced voids of narrative.

1986 M. Stephens Dramaturgy of Style ix. 229 Very often Stephen Dixon's first-person narrator is not central, though remaining crucial and important, to the dramatic arc.

1995 C. Carter Truth is out There 88 Lea was the only actor considered in Vancouver for the part, which he thought would simply be a three-episode arc.

2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 62/4 With the third series of First Wave nearing completion, Brancato says the overall story arc is pretty much locked down at this point.

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arc shot n. Cinematography a continuous shot in which the camera moves around the subject being filmed.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot

long shot1858

close-up1913

medium shot1925

travelling shot1927

medium close-up1933

reverse angle1933

three-shot1934

tilt shot1934

reaction shot1937

tracking shot1940

Dutch angle1947

two-shot1949

mid shot1953

freeze1960

freeze-frame1960

freeze-shot1960

frozen-frame1960

pack shot1960

noddy1982

arc shot1989

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of

long shot1858

glass shot1908

close-up1913

aerial shot1920

angle shot1922

medium shot1925

far-away1926

travelling shot1927

zoom1930

zoom shot1930

process shot1931

close-medium shot1933

medium close-up1933

reverse angle1933

reverse shot1934

three-shot1934

tilt shot1934

medium-close shot1937

reaction shot1937

tracking shot1940

pan shot1941

stock shot1941

Dutch angle1947

cheat shot1948

establishing shot1948

master-scene1948

trucking shot1948

two-shot1949

bridging shot1951

body shot1952

library shot1953

master shot1953

mid shot1953

MS1953

pullback1957

MCU1959

noddy1982

arc shot1989

pop shot1993

1989 J. Lukowsky in R. L. Hilliard Television Station Operations & Managem. vii. 191 Truck and arc shots are lateral movements of the camera.

2009 A. Darwish Social Semiotics Arabic Satellite Television 178 The moving camera and arc shot around the smashed car give the impression that we as viewers are on the scene and part of the action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arc
释义	arcn. Brit. /ɑːk/, U.S. /ɑrk/ Forms: Middle English–1600s ark(e, 1500s arcke, 1500s– arc. Etymology: < Old French arc < Latin arcum (nominative arcus) bow, arch, curve. 1. a. Part of the circumference of a circle or other curve. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curve of shape of part of circle archc1400 bow-line1551 arc1570 bow1594 circumference1656 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > part of circle arc1570 sextans1596 circumference1656 quadrant1660 quintant1684 sextant1730 octant1753 supplemental arc1754 multiple arc1802 explement1817 1570 H. Billingsley in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. iii. Introd. f. 80^v Right lines subtended to arkes in circles. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 64 Any arc described by the revolving body. 1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. i. 18 The French Government..measured a degree of the arc of a meridian on the earth's surface. b. transferred or figurative. ΚΠ 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 15 One of the highest arks that human contemplation circling upward, can make. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. vii. 250 The Britons shrunk Beyond its arc of motion. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. II. vii. 97 The circle of human nature, then, is not complete without the arc of the emotions. 2. Astronomy. The part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through above (diurnal arc) or below (nocturnal arc) the horizon. The earliest use in English. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > movement in orbit > orbit > diurnal circle > parts of arcc1386 nocturnal arch1681 nocturnal arc1704 c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 551 Parfourmed hath the sonne his ark diourne. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §7. 21 Tak ther thin ark of the day. The remenant of the bordure vnder the Orisonte is the ark of the nyht. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xx. 39 a As faire as Phebus shineth in his arke. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H2^v The stars fixt in the Southern arke. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 422 Nocturnal arc is that space of the heavens which the sun apparently describes from the time of his setting to the time of his rising. 1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 173 Say, the small arc of Being we call man Is near its mergence. 3. A band or belt contained between parallel curves; anything presenting this form optically or superficially, e.g. the rainbow (French arc-en-ciel), the brass arc of a quadrant on which the degrees are marked off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow yokec1155 archa1592 arc1642 instep1681 water-bow1855 outspan1887 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G3^v The higher causes of that coloured Ark. 1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 120 The quadrant..we found much tarnished, especially the arc. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. vii. 161 He describes the arcs and circles of colours. †4. An arch. (Cf. French arc de triomphe.) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eiiii The arke triumphant of Seuerus. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 37 Statues and Trophees, and Triumphal Arcs . View more context for this quotation 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 13 Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate. 5. The luminous bridge formed between two carbon poles, when they are separated by a small air space, and a powerful current of electricity is sent through them. Often attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric light > [noun] > charcoal pencil > bridge between poles arc1821 carbon arc1879 1821 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 427 The poles were connected by charcoal so as to make an arc, or column of electrical light. 1895 Philos. Trans. 1894 (Royal Soc.) A. 185 983 The photographic arc spectrum of electrolytic iron. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 48 820/1 The multiple arc furnace..has lately become much used, because it enables the area of arc heating to be greatly extended. 1935 Discovery Sept. 260/2 The appearance in the arc-spectrum of the ‘raies ultimes’ of copper at λ 3274 and λ 3248 completed the identification of the pigment. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 47/1 Arc furnace, an electric furnace in which the heat is produced by means of an electric arc between carbon electrodes, or between a carbon electrode and the furnace charge. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 47/2 Arc spectrum, a spectrum originating in the non-ionised atoms of an element; usually capable of being excited by the application of a comparatively low stimulus, such as the electric arc. 1946 Nature 2 Nov. 631/1 Faulty power lines which are maintained in operation through the use of arc-suppression coils. 1956 Nature 28 Jan. 157/2 Resistance-type (calrod) heaters embedded in the cast-copper charge oven and arc-chamber support block. 6. transferred in Physiology. Circuit, round. ΚΠ 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. ii. 42 The nervous arc..consists of the afferent nerve..the ganglion-corpuscle to which its central extremity runs, and the efferent nerve thence issuing. Draft additions December 2002 Originally Literary Criticism. The principal plot or narrative development of a literary or dramatic work considered in outline form. Now also: spec. (frequently in story arc) a background plot or ongoing storyline in a serial narrative (esp. a television series), within which self-contained episodes are set; an episode or number of episodes which develop such a background story. ΚΠ 1962 F. N. Mennemeier in P. Demetz Brecht 148 There is no ‘great dramatic arc’ in Mother Courage... In Brecht's play there is an artfully static structure which carefully balances individual scenes against each other. 1978 G. Stewart in ELH 45 483 In the proliferated death scenes of Bleak House, Dickens brings death as never before into the pages that intervene between the implied oblivion before and after the arc of story, the unvoiced voids of narrative. 1986 M. Stephens Dramaturgy of Style ix. 229 Very often Stephen Dixon's first-person narrator is not central, though remaining crucial and important, to the dramatic arc. 1995 C. Carter Truth is out There 88 Lea was the only actor considered in Vancouver for the part, which he thought would simply be a three-episode arc. 2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 62/4 With the third series of First Wave nearing completion, Brancato says the overall story arc is pretty much locked down at this point. Draft additions September 2018 arc shot n. Cinematography a continuous shot in which the camera moves around the subject being filmed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot long shot1858 close-up1913 medium shot1925 travelling shot1927 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 Dutch angle1947 two-shot1949 mid shot1953 freeze1960 freeze-frame1960 freeze-shot1960 frozen-frame1960 pack shot1960 noddy1982 arc shot1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of long shot1858 glass shot1908 close-up1913 aerial shot1920 angle shot1922 medium shot1925 far-away1926 travelling shot1927 zoom1930 zoom shot1930 process shot1931 close-medium shot1933 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 reverse shot1934 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 medium-close shot1937 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 pan shot1941 stock shot1941 Dutch angle1947 cheat shot1948 establishing shot1948 master-scene1948 trucking shot1948 two-shot1949 bridging shot1951 body shot1952 library shot1953 master shot1953 mid shot1953 MS1953 pullback1957 MCU1959 noddy1982 arc shot1989 pop shot1993 1989 J. Lukowsky in R. L. Hilliard Television Station Operations & Managem. vii. 191 Truck and arc shots are lateral movements of the camera. 2009 A. Darwish Social Semiotics Arabic Satellite Television 178 The moving camera and arc shot around the smashed car give the impression that we as viewers are on the scene and part of the action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). arcv. Brit. /ɑːk/, U.S. /ɑrk/ Forms: Inflected arced, arcing (with c pronounced k). Etymology: < arc n. 1. intransitive. To form an electric arc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > of discharge: come into being [verb (intransitive)] > form arc strike1891 arc1893 ignite1917 1893 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 6/3 In ‘arcing’ or jumping from one conductor to another the current damaged the [gas] pipes. 1943 Gloss. Terms Electr. Engineering (B.S.I.) 59 Arcing contacts, contacts which open after and close before the main contacts to protect the latter from injury by an arc. 2. To move or fly in an arc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in curve windc1385 sweep1725 rip1798 swing1810 swipe1825 scythe1897 arc1954 1954 ‘J. Christopher’ Twenty-second Cent. 116 Bouncing round in three complete circuits before arcing down to land. 1961 Guardian 4 May 4/2 The rocket arc-ed majestically into the cloudless sky. Derivatives ˈarcing n. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Chron. 19 Apr. 6/5 The contact or arcing between the telephone cables and the conductor rail. 1908 Installation News 2 19/2 The fuse is provided with a phosphor bronze arcing tongue. 1910 Installation News 4 63/1 Fires..due to the melting of soft compo gas-pipe, by arcing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ARC ARC n. Medicine AIDS-related complex. ΚΠ 1984 AIDS Res. 1 211 Homosexual patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex (ARC). 2005 Independent (Nexis) 10 Sept. 20 Her symptoms were those of pneumonia, but blood tests showed she had Aids related complex (ARC), a precursor to Aids. extracted from An. < n.c1386v.1893 as lemmas
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