Arch (disambiguation)
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An arch
is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight. It may also refer to the act of arching, or curving, an object such as the human back
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Arch
An arch is a structure that spans a space and supports a load. Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures.-Technical aspects:The...
is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight. It may also refer to the act of arching, or curving, an object such as the human back
Human back
The human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders...
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Arch may also refer to:
- Gateway ArchGateway ArchThe Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States...
, an iconic monument in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. - Arch (fingerprint), a basic pattern
- Arch, SwitzerlandArch, SwitzerlandArch is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a church parish of the Swiss Reformed Church.-History:The first historical mention of the town was in 1236 as Archo...
, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Bern - Arch 22Arch 22Arch 22 is a commemorative arch on the road into Banjul in The Gambia. It was built in 1996 to mark the military coup d'etat which over threw the democratically elected government, and saw the rise to power on 22 July 1994 of President Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling...
, a commemorative arch in The Gambia - Arch CoalArch CoalArch Coal is an American coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States. Arch Coal is the second largest supplier of coal in the U.S. behind Peabody Energy. The company supplies 16% of...
, an American coal mining and processing company - Arch formArch formIn music, arch form is a sectional structure for a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order, of all or most musical sections such that the overall form is symmetric, most often around a central movement...
, a sectional structure for a piece of music - Arch LinuxArch LinuxArch Linux is an independently developed, Linux-based operating system for i686 and x86-64 computers. It is composed predominantly of free and open source software, and supports community involvement....
, a Linux distribution founded by Judd Vinet that emphasizes simplicity - Arches of the footArches of the foot-External links:* * *...
, a part of human feet - GNU archGNU archIn computing, GNU arch is a distributed revision control system that is part of the GNU Project and licensed under the GNU General Public License...
, in software, a source code management tool - Natural archNatural archA natural arch or natural bridge is a natural geological formation where a rock arch forms, with an opening underneath. Most natural arches form as a narrow ridge, walled by cliffs, become narrower from erosion, with a softer rock stratum under the cliff-forming stratum gradually eroding out until...
, a rock form with a naturally occurring passageway - The Arch (Hong Kong), a residential skyscraper in Kowloon, Hong Kong
- The protein archaerhodopsin-3, a light-driven proton pump used for research in optogeneticsOptogeneticsOptogenetics is the combination of genetic and optical methods to control specific events in targeted cells of living tissue, even within freely moving mammals and other animals, with the temporal precision needed to keep pace with functioning intact biological systems.In 2010, optogenetics was...
, a technology for controlling brain activity using light (Nature 463 p98). - Inverted breveInverted breveInverted breve or arch is a diacritical mark ̑, shaped like the top half of a circle, that is, like an upside-down breve. It looks similar to the circumflex, but the circumflex has a sharp tip, whilst the inverted breve is rounded: compare  â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û with Ȃ ȃ Ȇ ȇ Ȋ ȋ Ȏ ȏ Ȗ ȗ ....
, a diacritic sign - arch-, prefix derived from the Greek archonArchonArchon is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy.- Ancient Greece :In ancient Greece the...
, which means "higher in hierarchy". - Joseph ArchJoseph ArchJoseph Arch was an English politician, born in Barford, Warwickshire who played a key role in what Karl Marx called the "Great awakening" of the agricultural workers in 1872.-Biography:...
(1826 – 1919), English politician
ARCH may refer to:
- Action on Rights for ChildrenAction on Rights for ChildrenAction on Rights for Children is an Internet-based not-for-profit children’s rights organisation in the United Kingdom established in 2001 with a particular focus on civil rights and liberties...
, an not-for-profit children’s rights organisation in the U.K. - Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticityAutoregressive conditional heteroskedasticityIn econometrics, AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity models are used to characterize and model observed time series. They are used whenever there is reason to believe that, at any point in a series, the terms will have a characteristic size, or variance...
, an analysis model in economic theory
See also
- ArcheryArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
(Shooting arrows using a bow) - Arches (disambiguation)
- Archway (disambiguation)
- Arch Rock (disambiguation)
- Arc (disambiguation)