What is "arcade"

Arcade \Ar*cade"\, n. [F. arcade, Sp. arcada, LL. arcata, fr. L. arcus bow, arch.]

1. (Arch.)

   1. A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

   2. A long, arched building or gallery.

2. An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

1731 (as arcado, from 1640s), from Italian arcata "arch of a bridge," from arco "arc," from Latin arcus (see arc). Applied to passages formed by a succession of arches, avenues of trees, and ultimately to any covered avenue, especially one lined with shops (1731) or amusements; hence arcade game (1977).

n. 1 (context architecture English) A row of arch. 2 (context architecture English) A covered passage, usually with shop on both sides. 3 (context gaming English) An establishment that runs coin-operated games.

1. n. a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls

2. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns [syn: colonnade]

An arcade is a succession of arches, each counter-thrusting the next, supported by columns, piers, or a covered walkway enclosed by a line of such arches on one or both sides. In warmer or wet climates, exterior arcades provide shelter for pedestrians. The walkway may be lined with stores. A blind arcade superimposes arcading against a solid wall. Blind arcades are a feature of Romanesque architecture that was taken into Gothic architecture.

Arcade is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in 1978's Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #65, created by writer Chris Claremont and writer/artist John Byrne. The character is a combination of evil genius and hitman who carries out his assassinations via various elaborate traps, often referred to as his Murderworld. He was the main villain and driving force behind the 2012-2014 comic book Avengers Arena.

Arcade's first intended victims were Spider-Man and Captain Britain but since Arcade's Murderworld games always leaves the outcome up to chance the duo defeated Arcade and escaped with their lives. Over the years Arcade has targeted a multitude of X-Men and members of X-Factor, X-Force and Excalibur. For a while he used the Crazy Gang as his hired henchmen with limited success. In Avenger Arena Arcade and his associates manage to kidnap 16 super powered teens and force them to fight each other and his latest Murderworld for survival. During the storyline several of the teens were killed but in the end Arcade seemingly dies as S.H.I.E.L.D.. Wolverine, Hank Pym and Captain Britain free the surviving teens. In the follow up series Avengers Undercover it was revealed that Arcade survived and that it was a clone that was killed at the end of the story.

Arcade has appeared in a number of other Marvel properties outside of comic books, in the X-Men: Evolution cartoon, voiced by Gabe Khouth and in an episode of Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Eric Bauza. He has also appeared as one of the main villains in a number of video games, including X-Men: Madness in Murderworld, Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Spider-Man: Edge of Time and Marvel: Avengers Alliance

Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) is a program which utilizes high-altitude balloon instrument package intended to measure the heating of the universe by the first stars and galaxies after the big bang and search for the signal of relic decay or annihilation. In July 2006 a strong residual radio source was found using the radiometer.

ARCADE has been funded by the NASA's Science Mission Directorate under the Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis Suborbital Investigation program. The program is composed of a team led by Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. ARCADE was launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, conducted under the auspices of the Balloon Program Office at Wallops Flight Facility. The balloon flew to an altitude of , viewing about 7% of the sky during its observations.

The instrument is designed to detect radiation at centimeter wavelengths. The craft contained seven radiometers which were cooled to using liquid helium, with the intent to measure temperature differences as small as 1/1000 of a degree against a background which is only . The optics in the instrument package were placed near the top of the dewar flask which cooled them in order to prevent the instruments from seeing the walls of the container, thereby simplifying the processing of the observational data. This design choice necessitated the use of superfluid pumps in order to drench the radiometers in liquid helium. The design also utilized heaters in order to create a cloud of helium gas, in place of using a (relatively warm) window, which also simplified processing of the observational data.

Arcade was an Australian television soap opera shown in 1980 that became one of the biggest flops in the history of Australian television. It aired on Network Ten with the premiere (76-minute) episode shown on Sunday, 20 January 1980. The series then ran five nights a week, Mondays to Fridays, as a 30-minute serial. It was produced solely by Network Ten (as an in-house production) with a start-up budget of almost $1 million. Set in a fictitious shopping mall (hence the "Arcade" of the title) in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Arcade dealt with the lives and loves of the characters who worked at the various stores within the shopping complex.

Arcade is a B-movie science fiction/horror film directed by Albert Pyun, written by David Goyer and produced by Full Moon Entertainment and released in 1993.

Arcade: The Comics Revue is a magazine-sized comics anthology created and edited by Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith to showcase the work of underground artists. Published by the Print Mint, it ran for seven issues between 1975 to 1976. Arriving late in era of underground comix, Arcade introduced key underground artists to a generation of readers who had been young children in the late 1960s.

Arcade was a glam metal formed in 1992 by ex- Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy and Cinderella drummer Fred Coury, and featured ex- Sea Hags guitarist Frankie Wilsex, ex-Gypsy Rose guitarist Donny Syracuse, and ex-9.0 bassist Michael Andrews. Its originally proposed name was to be Taboo.

Arcade released two official studio albums. Their first self-titled album was released in June 1993, and contained 12 songs. Notably, the cover-art for Arcade featured the face of porn star Mimi Miyagi. "Nothin' To Lose", "Cry No More" & "Messed Up World" were singles. The album sold 100,000+ copies in the US.

Arcade went on tour with Bon Jovi in 1993 and also played at the Milwaukee Metal Fest in 1993 playing to over 15,000 fans.

Arcade's second album was recorded and released in 1994 and was produced by Attie Bauw. A/2 featured a much heavier sound and contained a song called "Kidnapped", a song written for Polly Klaas, a girl who had been kidnapped and killed in 1993. The singles were "Angry" and "So What". The album sold 20,000+ copies in the US. Frankie Wilsex was replaced by Tony Marcus (ex-My Hero) and the band parted ways with Epic Records. Ray Luzier would also replace Fred Coury in 1995 .

Arcade's third release, A/3: Live and Unreleased, was released in 2000, and contained many of the songs from their first album, either in demo form or live form.

The band ended in 1995, and Pearcy went on to VD (which included Michael Andrews and Tony Marcus) then Vertex.

Stephen Pearcy had announced that the band were to reunite and release a CD and DVD and tour in late 2006. This never came to be, as he rejoined Ratt.

The original guitarist was Johnny Angel, formerly of Diamond Rexx and Michael Monroe's touring band. He co-wrote several tracks. Kelly (Chris) Tremmel & Garry Nutt of Tangier auditioned for the bass slot .

Arcade is an album by the band Arcade.
It featured 2 tracks that charted in the Top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart :
"Nothin' to Lose" (#29) & "Cry No More" (#27) .

Arcade is a ballet made by John Taras to Igor Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Winds (1924). The premiere took place Thursday, March 28, 1963, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.

ARCADE is a quarterly magazine about architecture and design in the Northwestern United States. The magazine was established in 1981. It is published by the Northwest Architectural League. The mission of ARCADE is to provide dialogue about design and the built environment. The magazine is based in Seattle, Washington.

Arcade is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.