The Clue
Tangent starter? (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ARC
Tags
Notes
The answer ARC is very common and appears about once every 44 puzzles.
Related Clues
Azimuth
Bow
Curve
Parabola
Rainbow
Segment
Bowlike line
Cannonball's path
Circle part
Compass course?
Compass drawing
Curved path
___ de Triomphe
Fly's path
Hyperbola part
Jeanne d'___
Kind of light
Line of a circle
Meteor's path
Missile's trajectory
Parenthesis, e.g.
Part of a circle
Part of a sector
Path of a javelin
Pendulum's path
Rainbow shape
Rainbow's shape
Sector boundary
Type of lamp
Comet's path in the sky
Hail Mary path
It's measured in minutes
Path of a football pass
Continuing plot in a TV series
Path of a Hail Mary pass
Parabola, for one
It may extend for many minutes
Many a line on a flight route map
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"