arced

ARC ¹  (ärk)

n.

A combination of symptoms, including fever, lymphadenopathy, blood abnormalities, and susceptibility to opportunistic infections that is a precursor to AIDS in some individuals infected with HIV.

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[A(IDS)-r(elated) c(omplex).]

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ARC ²

abbr.

American Red Cross

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arc  (ärk)

n.

1. Something shaped like a curve or arch: the vivid arc of a rainbow.

2. Mathematics A segment of a circle.

3. An electric arc.

4. Astronomy The apparent path of a celestial body as it rises above and falls below the horizon.

intr.v. arced (ärkt), arc·ing (ärkng), arcs

1. To form an arc.

2. To move or seem to move in a curved path: the stars that arc across the sky.

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[Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

arced - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed, arched architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"