ARC Definition

AIDS-related complex
noun

1. pathol.
A condition that manifests prior to the onset of full-blown AIDS, characterized by fever, weight loss, thrush, shingles and a general feeling of malaise.

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ARC
abbreviation

1. Aeronautical Research Council.
2. The Agriculture Research Council, superseded first by the Agriculture and Food Research Council, and then by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
3. AIDS-related complex.

Etymology: 1980s.

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arc
noun

1. A continuous section of a circle or other curve.
2. The graduated scale of an instrument or device that is used to measure angles.
3. A continuous electric discharge, giving out heat and light, that is maintained across the space between two electrodes, used in welding, etc. Also called electric arc.
4. Something that is curved or that appears curved in shape, eg a rainbow.
5. astron.
A part of the path that a planet, satellite, etc appears to make.

verb arced, arcing

1. To form an arc.
2. To move in an apparent arc.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin arcus bow.