Arc

Arc may refer to:

Science and technology[edit]

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

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

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

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
Arc, short for "Arcade"; a Street suffix as used in the US

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

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

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