The Clue
Parts of ellipses (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ARCS
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Notes
The answer ARCS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Spotlights
Bowlike objects
Circle parts
Circle sections
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Electrical discharges
Indirect lines
Leaping lights
Meteors' paths
Missile paths
Missile trajectories
Oval segments
Parentheses, e.g.
Pinball paths
Planetary paths
Rainbow forms
Rockets' paths
Some trajectories
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Welding bands?
Fly balls, e.g.
Musical ties, essentially
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Typical golf shots
They may be drawn with compasses
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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"