Antarctic Definition

antärktik, antärtik
adjective
Of or near the South Pole or the region around it.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of Antarctic.
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Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.

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(figuratively) Opposite, contradictory.

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Synonyms:
  • south-polar
pronoun

One of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Antarctic

  • the Antarctic

Origin of Antarctic

  • From Old French antarctique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ανταρκτικός (antarktikós), from αντί (anti-, “opposite”) + άρκτος (arktos, “Great Bear”) + ικός (-ikos, “-ic”).

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Antarctic Sentence Examples

  • To these might be added the antarctic, which is still very imperfectly known.

  • For purposes of measurement the polar boundaries are taken to be the Arctic and Antarctic circles, although in discussing the configuration and circulation it is impossible to adhere strictly to these limits.

  • This bank continues southwards to the Antarctic Ocean, expanding into a plateau on which Australia stands, and a branch runs eastwards and then southwards from the north-east of Australia through New Zealand.

  • South American palaeogeography has been traced by von Ihring into a northern land mass, " Archelenis," and a southern mass, " Archiplata," the latter at times united with an antarctic continent.

  • The heat is modified at many points on the coast, however, by the cold Humboldt current which sweeps up the west coast of South America from the Antarctic seas.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

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CICTIC

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Words Starting With A and Ending With C

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