A comune of its province, located at the southern entrance of the Strait of Messina, is to this day called 'Scaletta Zanclea'. In the early 5th century BC, Anaxilas of Rhegium renamed it Messene (Î¼ÎµÏÏÎ®Î½Î·) in honour of the Greek city Messene (Greek: Î¼ÎµÏÏÎ®Î½Î·).
Definition of Arc. An Arc is a curved line that is a part of a circle. An Arc is a part of the circumference of a circle.
The length of an arc is the distance along the curved line forming the arc. It would be measured in distance units, such as meters. To indicate this measure, the arc is preceded by the lower case letter L (for 'length'). For eaxmaple would be read as the length of the arc AB is 6 inches.