The difference between Arc and Circle segment

When used as nouns, arc means that part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon, whereas circle segment means a circular arc.


Arc is also verb with the meaning: to move following a curved path.

check bellow for the other definitions of Arc and Circle segment

  1. Arc as a noun (astronomy):

    That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

  2. Arc as a noun (geometry):

    A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

  3. Arc as a noun:

    A curve, in general.

  4. Arc as a noun:

    A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.

  5. Arc as a noun (electrics):

    A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.

  6. Arc as a noun:

    A story arc.

  7. Arc as a noun (mathematics):

    A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

  8. Arc as a noun (graph theory):

    A directed edge.

  9. Arc as a noun (basketball, slang):

    The three-point line.

  1. Arc as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To move following a curved path.

  2. Arc as a verb (transitive):

    To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.

  3. Arc as a verb (intransitive):

    To form an electrical arc.

  1. Circle segment as a noun (geometry):

    A circular arc.

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