Слово "arc". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

but try to project a longer arc, a broader context.

Their life follows the arc of a career.

The green karpetki traced a small arc in the air.

because under the arc of the same sun on the same plains, listening to the howls of the same dangers,

In the huge, extremely neglected front hall, weakly lit by a tiny carbon arc lamp under the high ceiling, black with grime, a bicycle without tyres hung on the wall, a huge iron-bound trunk stood, and on a shelf over the coat rack a winter hat lay, its long ear-flaps hanging down.