What's the difference between arc and lightning?

Arc


Definition:

  • (n.) A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
  • (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.
  • (n.) An arch.
  • (n.) The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
  • (2) These later results suggest that dopamine agonists increase sensorimotor reactivity measured with acoustic startle by acting on sensory rather than motor parts of the reflex arc.
  • (3) Thus, the decreased hyperemic response after arrest suggests a reduced energetic debt with CSC compared with ARC and may indicate superior myocardial protection with CSC.
  • (4) By contrast, patients with urological symptoms had a significantly increased prevalence of spina bifida occulta at S1 and S2 and a higher level of opening of posterior sacral arcs.
  • (5) The peptide-TR-FIA is specific, as assessed by testing HIV-1 positive sera which included samples from AIDS, ARC patients and HIV-positive drug users.
  • (6) In a multivariate regression model noncompliance was significantly associated with the absence of AIDS or ARC (p less than 0.001), homelessness (p less than 0.005), and alcoholism (p less than 0.05).
  • (7) This protein did show an immunoglobulin arc on immunoelectrophoresis against abovementioned antibody and against rabbit anti mouse Ig serum.
  • (8) Looping the tail of a "g", flicking the line up from the end of an "m", arcing it over an "a" or an "o".
  • (9) In contrast, the relative percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids was 85% greater than normal (P less than 0.001) in ARC and 100% greater than normal (P less than 0.001) in AIDS-I patients.
  • (10) Average range of motion was from 17.1 degrees to 44.3 degrees, with an arc of 27.2 degrees.
  • (11) A subsequent S3 encountered further nonuniformly shortened refractoriness (normal areas had shortened refractoriness greater than ischemic areas) and the arc of block was lengthened.
  • (12) The technique consists of 3 pairs of non-coplanar arcs using a 4 MV accelerator.
  • (13) Experiments following depletion of norepinephrine suggest that the central part of the baroreceptor reflex arc does not contain adrenergic neurons.
  • (14) High concentrations of SST inhibited virus replication in 80% of LC from ARC patients, but were completely ineffective in LC from AIDS patients.
  • (15) In our series of 46 patients with Ad35 isolates, 36 had AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC), seven patients were immunocompromised because of other diseases, and three patients were "normal."
  • (16) The possibility of contaminating the breathing air zone with hazardous substances in manual and semi-automated welding increases with the intensity of their formation in the arc zone.
  • (17) Optical differences between a mercury arc lamp and a laser-illuminated flow cytometer are compared.
  • (18) In this report, we have compared homogeneous yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) pyruvate kinase to enzyme from cell-free extracts in several different ways: 1) isoelectric focusing of cell-free extracts indicates one peak of pyruvate kinase activity whose isoelectric point is the same as that of the pure enzyme; 2) antibody prepared to the pure enzyme produces a single, fused precipitin line against enzyme in the cell-free extract and pure enzyme; 3) immunoelectrophoresis of cell-free extract produces one precipitin arc which has the same mobility as that of the pure enzyme; and 4) immunoprecipitation of the pure enzyme from cell-free extract with subsequent solubilization in 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate and electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels produces a single protein band attributable to pyruvate kinase which co-migrates with the purified enzyme.
  • (19) There were no significant differences in ARn concentrations in eight other nuclei that were examined for significant sex differences in ARc levels observed under these experimental conditions.
  • (20) Cells from subjects with ARC had a selective antigen recognition defect independent of the number of CD4+ lymphocytes.

Lightning


Definition:

  • (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
  • (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
  • (vb. n.) Lightening.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The territory’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying, has become a lightning rod for the protesters’ anger .
  • (2) Last week Isis bulldozed the ancient city of Nimrud , also near Mosul, which the militant group conquered in a lightning advance last summer.
  • (3) We went on holiday to Cyprus and the plane got hit by lightning.
  • (4) The subjective signs of the syndrome are floating 'moths', photopsias presenting as a 'lateral lightning', sudden appearance of a central macula (central positive scotoma).
  • (5) We are told the thunder and lightning made it impossible for the engineers to position the control room barge, thus delaying the operation.
  • (6) Financial Services Authority chief executive Hector Sants described bonuses as the "lightning rod" of the public's lack of trust in bankers.
  • (7) The literature relating to the neurology of lightning strike is briefly reviewed.
  • (8) One instance occurred while the victim was using the telephone; the other victim received a direct lightning strike to the head.
  • (9) These teams open up with five goals, three of which came at lightning speed.
  • (10) There are various reasons some musicians don't like Spotify, although the company is something of a lightning rod for criticism of all streaming services.
  • (11) Bruce, who believes Sessègnon could help to plug the gap left by striker Darren Bent, said: "Stéphane can play on the left, on the right, through the middle – he's lightning quick and he's a match-winner.
  • (12) Although uncommon, symptoms of lightning-like electric sensations spreading into both arms, down the dorsal spine, and into both legs on neck flexion following head and neck irradiation, causes great concern in both the patient and the physician.
  • (13) A variety of electrocardiographic changes have been documented previously in association with lightning injury; however, the changes in this patient have not previously been reported.
  • (14) He again complained of severe lightning pain after the successful spinal anesthesia with the same anesthetic solution.
  • (15) Jamie Vardy started to score the goals that his lightning speed of foot and monstrous effort promised he might.
  • (16) Cameron can't stab Nick in the back over AV and keep using him as an all-purpose lightning conductor."
  • (17) The importance of electrophysiological and CT scan examination in the diagnosis and etiology of abnormalities caused in the eye by lightning is emphasized.
  • (18) As well as many Assyrians, thousands of Iraqi Chaldeans have also fled to Lebanon since Isis took control of Mosul in a lightning offensive last summer.
  • (19) A case is described in which the patient had been struck by lightning, with involvement of one eye and the visual pathways.
  • (20) Emergency physicians and staff are usually the first to evaluate and manage victims of lightning strikes.