arc
v.— «An incoming flight from Chennai (9W-470) requested priority landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, when window No 2 on the left side of the cockpit (near the commander’s seat) started cracking— “arcing” in aviation parlance.» —“Rough weather spells trouble for 2 Jet flights” by Lekha Agarwal in Mumbai Indian Express (India) July 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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