The Clue
Circle sections (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ARCS
Tags
Notes
The answer ARCS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Azimuths
Bends
Bows
Curvatures
Fogeaters
Rainbows
Semicircles
Bowlike objects
Bridges of electricity
Certain lights
Circle parts
Circle segments
Compass swings
Electrical discharges
Hyperbola parts
Leaping lights
Missile paths
Oval segments
Parentheses, e.g.
Parts of a circle
Parts of circles
Parts of ellipses
Pendulum paths
Pinball paths
Planetary paths
Rainbows, e.g.
Rainbows for Noah?
Rockets' paths
Segments of a curve
Slurs, in music
Stage lights
Trefoil shapes
Watertight vessels*
Doesn't go straight
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Moves like a comet
They may be drawn with compasses
Definition
ARC as a noun:
1. (discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge) = electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
2. a continuous portion of a circle
3. (bow, arc) = something curved in shape
ARC as a verb:
1. (arch, curve, arc) = form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"