Arch vs. Arc

Archnoun

An inverted U shape.

Archnoun

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

Archnoun

(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch

Archnoun

Any place covered by an arch; an archway.

Archnoun

An arc; a part of a curve.

Archnoun

A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.

Archnoun

(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.

Archnoun

(obsolete) A chief.

Archverb

To form into an arch shape

Archverb

To cover with an arch or arches.

Archadjective

Knowing, clever, mischievous.

Archadjective

Principal; primary.

Archnoun

Any part of a curved line.

Archnoun

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Archnoun

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

Archnoun

Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.

Archnoun

A chief.

Archverb

To cover with an arch or arches.

Archverb

To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

Archverb

To form into an arch; to curve.

Archadjective

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

Archadjective

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

Archnoun

a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

Archnoun

a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)

Archnoun

a passageway under an arch

Archnoun

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Archverb

form an arch or curve;

Archadjective

(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office;

Archadjective

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

Archadjective

expert in skulduggery;

Arch

An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vaults, but a vault may be distinguished as a continuous arch forming a roof.

Arcnoun

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

Arcnoun

(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

Arcnoun

A curve, in general.

Arcnoun

A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.

Arcnoun

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

Arcnoun

A story arc.

Arcnoun

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

Arcnoun

(graph theory) A directed edge.

Arcnoun

The three-point line.

Arcverb

(ambitransitive) To move following a curved path.

Arcverb

(transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.

Arcverb

(intransitive) To form an electrical arc.

Arcnoun

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

Arcnoun

A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

Arcnoun

An arch.

Arcnoun

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.

Arcverb

To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit.

Arcnoun

electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

Arcnoun

a continuous portion of a circle

Arcnoun

something curved in shape

Arcverb

form an arch or curve;