ARC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "arc"

English

Etymology 1

An abbreviation.

Noun

ARC (countable and uncountable, plural ARCs)

1. (publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
   • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 90:

     “One of them came up to me in a signing line and asked for a blurb,” says Jen. “Can you believe it? Title I’ve never heard of, from some small press I’ve never heard of, and she comes up to me with a bound ARC, beaming, like of course I’m going to say yes.”

2. (medicine, pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
3. (programming, uncountable) Acronym of automatic reference counting.

Derived terms

• unarc

Proper noun

ARC

1. Initialism of American Red Cross.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ARC.

Proper noun

ARC

1. (nautical, military) The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).

Adjective

ARC (not comparable)

1. (nautical, military, initialism) A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.

Anagrams

• CAR, CRA, Car, RAC, RCA, acr-, car, rac-

French

Proper noun

ARC f

1. (Canada, military, aviation) abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (“Royal Canadian Air Force”)

   Synonyms: FAC (Force aérienne du Canada), Aviation roayle canadienne

   Hypernyms: FAC (Forces armées canadiennes), FC (Forces canadiennes)

2. (Canada, finanace) abbreviation of Agence du revenu du Canada (“Revenu Canada”); CRA (“Canada Revenue Agency”), Revenue Canada

   Synonyms: Agence du revenu du Canada, Revenu Canada

Further reading

• Aviation royale canadienne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Agence du revenu du Canada on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Spanish

Alternative forms

• A.R.C., A. R. C.

Adjective

ARC

1. (military, nautical) ARC; ship prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia

Proper noun

ARC

1. (military, nautical) ARC; abbreviation of Armada de la República de Colombia

Descendants

• English: ARC

Further reading

• Armada de la República de Colombia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es