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Associate of the Royal College of Science.

Associate of the Royal College of Surgeons.

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noun

Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.

Also called electric arc. Electricity. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes. Compare spark¹ (def. 2).

Astronomy. the part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.

anything bow-shaped.

verb (used without object)

to form an electric arc.

to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ark < Latin arcus bow, arch, curve

Can be confused: arc, ark.

noun

Pathology. AIDS-related complex.

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ARCS

—*abbreviation for*
	Associate of the Royal College of Science

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arc

late 14c., from O.Fr. arc, from L. arcus "a bow, arch," from PIE base *arqu- "bowed, curved" (cf. Goth. arhvazna "arrow," O.E. earh, O.N. ör). Electrical sense is from 1821.

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ARC abbr.
AIDS-related complex

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