(astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
(basketball, slang) The three-point line.
(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.
(film) An arclight.
(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
A curve, in general.
A story arc.
verb
(intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
(transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
(transitive, intransitive) To move following a curved path.
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noun
(UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
(US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
(obsolete) A turn.
(programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
(rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
(uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
