Arc and Span

Arc

Arc verb - To turn away from a straight line or course.

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Span and arc are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Span" instead the word "Arc" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: arch, arcing, arced

Span verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Arc and span are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arc" instead the word "Span" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Word: spanned

full	full arc	full span
long	long arc	long span
particular	particular arc	particular span
specific	specific arc	specific span
Other adjectives: brief, short, following, certain, original, true, single, small, entire, bad, limited, significant, greater, larger, wide, comic, longer.

Yamato and MetalGarurumon in the final arc, showing up for maybe a minute in the span of five episodes.

Source: Out of Focus
Very noticeable in Volume 5, as a a story arc which had been planned for a much longer time span wraps up in only 5 chapters.

Source: Manga / Knights
See Immediate Sequel for when the short span of time forms an arc rather than contained to a single story.

Source: Extremely Short Timespan

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