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Arc vs Arclight - What's the difference?

arc | arclight |

As an acronym arc

is (pathology) aids-related complex.

As a noun arclight is

a lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.

arc

English

(wikipedia arc)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
  • (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of an other curve.
  • A curve, in general.
  • A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
  • (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.
  • A story arc.
  • (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
  • (graph theory) A directed edge.

    • Synonyms

    * (curve) curve, swoop * (circular arc) circular arc, circle segment * (directed edge) arrow, directed edge

    Verb

  • To move following a curved path.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.}}
  • To form an electrical arc.

    • Related terms

    * arch

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    arclight

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
  • * 1987 , Martin Gilbert, The Holocaust
    • With one, last desperate lurch, the lorry cleared the tracks, disappearing out of the arclights , into the darkness; and then there was silence...
  • * 1998 , Patrick Robinson, Nimitz Class
    • All five had seen the four wooden targets, thirty feet above their heads, holding the great submarine in place, stark against the glare of the arclight ...
  • * 2000 , James Burke, The Knowledge Web
    • In 1809 Humphry Davy had made the first arclight by attaching a charcoal rod to each terminal of a Volta battery...