Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Formed in the shape of an arc.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bow-shaped; curved; arched.
- Having the form or structure of the shell of the molluscan genus Area.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of an arch; curved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the form of a
bow (weapon)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective forming or resembling an arch
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He would search for the minuscule and the uncelebrated, the unlikely structures of elemental form—the helix inside honeycomb, the symmetry of a thyme leaf, the arciform of a daylily.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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He would search for the minuscule and the uncelebrated, the unlikely structures of elemental form—the helix inside honeycomb, the symmetry of a thyme leaf, the arciform of a daylily.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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He would search for the minuscule and the uncelebrated, the unlikely structures of elemental form—the helix inside honeycomb, the symmetry of a thyme leaf, the arciform of a daylily.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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This dual power generating system consists of arciform photovoltaic cells that absorb all the goodness of the sun.
The Design blog 2008
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