Arcology
noun
a concept in which the ideal city is a m-ssive vertical structure, which preserves more of the natural environment, a concept combining architecture and ecology as envisioned by paolo soleri
word origin
arc(hitecture) + (ec)ology
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(in roman catacombs) an arched recess for a sarcophagus. historical examples the priest was at the evening office, the stone lid of a martyr’s tomb placed under an arched vault (arcosolium) serving as altar. the death of the g-ds dmitri mrejkowski first, the arcosolium is not exclusively christian in character. the catacombs of rome william […]
- Arcs
-ssociate of the royal college of science. -ssociate of the royal college of surgeons. geometry. any unbroken part of the circ-mference of a circle or other curved line. also called electric arc. electricity. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes. compare 1 (def 2). astronomy. the part of a circle representing the […]
- Arcsec
noun 1/3600 of a degree of an angle
- Arcss
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- Arcsin
abbreviation arcsine: the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2), the sine of which is that argument: the inverse of the sine function