a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
anything resembling an arrow in form, function, or character.
a linear figure having a wedge-shaped end, as one used on a map or architectural drawing, to indicate direction or placement.
(initial capital letter)Astronomy. the constellation Sagitta.
broad arrow.
verb (used with object)
to indicate the proper position of (an insertion) by means of an arrow (often followed by in): to arrow in a comment between the paragraphs.
Origin of arrow
First recorded before 900; Middle English arewe, arwe, Old English earh; cognate with Old Norse ǫr (plural ǫrvar ), Gothic arhwazna; unattested Germanic arhwō (feminine), akin to Latin arcus (genitive arcūs ) “bow, arc”; thus unattested Latin arku- “bow,” and unattested pre-Germanic arku-ā “belonging to the bow”; see arc
The skeletons Lee has studied show evidence of very active lives, including shooting arrows.
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If we forget the arrows and consider only the pressures, we discover that high-velocity air flowing around the leading edge of the wing creates low pressure there, pulling it forward.
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Then he draws in some arrows and additional information around that.
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You could then impose the restriction that the one-dimensional closed loop needs to be embedded on this map so that it always follows the direction of the arrows over which it’s embedded.
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Solving either case involves tabulating the effects of each arrow on every other arrow, since indirect lines of influence emerge from neighbors acting on neighbors ad infinitum.
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An arrow appears indicating the direction you will launch your ball.
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The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
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And an arrow painted on the ground that shows the way to Mecca, for prayers.
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Sometimes,” he is fond of telling the press, “the target draws the arrow.