arc

kaari

kaartua puhekieltä That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. (defdate)
puhekieltä A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of an other curve. (defdate)
A curve, in general. (defdate)
A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape. (defdate)
puhekieltä A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning. (defdate)
A story arc. (defdate)
puhekieltä A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically 0, 1) into a space.
puhekieltä A directed edge.
puhekieltä To move following a curved path.
2008, T. R. Elmore, Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1 (page 106)

A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.

His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.