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.
Confidence votes 7. A Mathematical Major Arc is the larger of the two arcs formed when a circle is divided into two unequal parts. Therefore as a result the measure of a major arc is always more than 180Â° and the sum of the measures of the major arc and the minor arc is always equal to 360Â°.