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Arc may refer to:
Science and technology
- Arc (geometry), a segment of a differentiable curve
- Arc (projective geometry), a particular type of set of points of a projective plane
- arc (function prefix) (arcus), a prefix for inverse trigonometric functions
- A directed edge in graph theory
- ARC (file format), a file name extension for archive files
- Arc (programming language), a Lisp dialect designed by Paul Graham
arc, the command-line interface for ArcInfo- Electric arc, an ongoing plasma discharge (an electric current through a gas), producing light and heat
- Arc (protein), a name of product of an immediate early gene, also called Arg3.1
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, a cellphone
Arts and entertainment
Music
- The Arcs, an American garage rock band formed by Dan Auerbach in 2015
- A.R.C. (album), by pianist Chick Corea with bassist David Holland and drummer Barry Altschul recorded in 1971
- Arc (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album), 1991
- Arc (Everything Everything album), 2013
- Arc (EP), a 2016 EP by Agoraphobic Nosebleed
- "Arc", a song by Pearl Jam from Riot Act
Other
- Character arc, the status of a character as it unfolds throughout the story
- Story arc, an extended or continuing storyline
- Arc Poetry Magazine, a Canadian literary journal
- The title character of Arc the Lad, a series of role-playing video games for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2
- Arc (film), a 2006 film starring Billy Lush
Places
- Arc (Provence), a river of southern France, flowing into the Étang de Berre
- Arc (Savoie), a river of eastern France, tributary of the Isère river
- Les Arcs, a ski resort in the French Alps
- Island arc, a type of archipelago composed of a chain of volcanoes whose alignment is arc-shaped, and which are situated parallel and close to a boundary between two converging tectonic plates
- Volcanic arc, a chain of volcanoes positioned in an arc shape as seen from above
Codes
- Arcata Transit Center, Amtrak code for the station in Arcata, California
- IATA airport code of Arctic Village Airport, a public use airport in Alaska
- ISO 639-2 and -5 language code of the Aramaic language, a Semitic language
- ISO 639-3 language code of the Official Aramaic language, spoken between 700 BCE and 300 BCE
Companies and organizations
- Arc International, a French manufacturer and distributor of household goods
- Arc Publications, a UK independent publisher of poetry
- Arc @ UNSW, the principal student organisation at the University of New South Wales
- Arc of the United States, a charitable organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Other uses
- Arc (Bahá'í), a number of administrative buildings for the Bahá'í Faith, located on Mount Carmel in Israel
- Arc (greyhounds), a major greyhound race in the Greyhound Board of Great Britain calendar
See also
- Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), national heroine of France and Catholic saint
- Ark (disambiguation)
- ARC (disambiguation)
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