Arc

Definition: Meaning of, arc in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɑːk /

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Jeanne d'Arc (noun)
1. 1412-1431 french heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake
Joan of Arc
1. (1412-31) the PATRON SAINT of France. As a young girl, she believed that she heard holy voices telling her to fight the English and force their army to leave France. Dressed as a man, she led a French army which defeated the English at Orléans, and became known as the ' Maid of Orléans '. Later she was made a prisoner, and a court found her guilty of being a WITCH (= a woman with evil magic powers), and she was punished by being burned to death.
arc lamp (noun)
1. a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes
arc light (noun)
1. a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes
arc welding (noun)
1. a method of joining two pieces of metal together by heating them with a special tool
arc-boutant (noun)
1. a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
carbon arc (noun)
1. has carbon electrodes
carbon arc lamp (noun)
1. has carbon electrodes
electric arc (noun)
1. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
electric-arc furnace (noun)
1. an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel
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small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor

arc lamp