1. arcane - Adjective
2. arcane - Adjective Satellite
Hidden; secret.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe arcane science of dowsing Source: Internet
A general sense of mistrust toward everyone—national security professionals, government officials, party leaders, and media—transformed an already arcane process into a byzantine nightmare. Source: Internet
Feynman diagrams give a simple visualization of what would otherwise be a rather arcane and abstract formula. Source: Internet
Both the producer and Kurosawa himself attributed this to a misunderstanding: because of the Academy's arcane rules, no one was sure whether Ran qualified as a Japanese film, a French film (due to its financing), or both, so it was not submitted at all. Source: Internet
DeRogatis, p. 76. This emphasis on atmosphere carried through to Adore (described as "arcane night music" in prerelease promotion) citation and the Machina albums (concept records that tell the story of a fictional rock band). Source: Internet
Evolutionary biologists, cultural anthropologist, and probably some other arcane specialties debate what’s learned v. innate. Source: Internet