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arctic definition

arc·tic (ärk′tik, är′-)

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or near the North Pole or the region around it
  2. very cold; frigid

Etymology: ME artik < OFr artique < L arcticus < Gr arktikos, lit., of the (constellation of the) Bear (Gr arktos), northern, arctic

arctic Idioms

the Arctic

the region around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the lands in it north of the 70° latitude

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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