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- English Word Arc Definition 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.
- English Word Arcade Definition A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
- English Word Arcade Definition A long, arched building or gallery.
- English Word Arcade Definition An arched or covered passageway or avenue.
- English Word Arcaded Definition Furnished with an arcade.
- English Word Arcadia Definition A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
- English Word Arcadia Definition Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
- English Word Arcadian Definition Alt. of Arcadic
- English Word Arcadic Definition Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.
- English Word Arcana Definition of Arcanum
- English Word Arcane Definition Hidden; secret.
- English Word Arcanum Definition A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
- English Word Arcanum Definition A secret remedy; an elixir.
- English Word Arcboutant Definition A flying buttress.
- English Word Arch Definition Any part of a curved line.
- English Word Arch Definition 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.
- English Word Arch Definition A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
- English Word Arch Definition Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
- English Word Arch Definition Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
- English Word Arch Definition To cover with an arch or arches.