Arctic
['ɑːktɪk] or ['ɑrktɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
(noun.) the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole.
(adj.) extremely cold; 'an arctic climate'; 'a frigid day'; 'gelid waters of the North Atlantic'; 'glacial winds'; 'icy hands'; 'polar weather' .
Editor: Peter--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
(n.) The arctic circle.
(n.) A warm waterproof overshoe.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Northern, boreal.
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Examples
- The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Perhaps it sent out arms to the Arctic Ocean. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- De Long, who had an earnest and protracted conversation with Edison over the Arctic expedition he was undertaking with the aid of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Back she came, however, laughing, and eager to aid in removing the arctic disguise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And he looked so new, unbroached, pure as an arctic thing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Because of that change which occurs in the color of its fur at different seasons--by far most marked in the Arctic regions--it is not generally known that the ermine and stoat are the same. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When we reach the Arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or absolute deserts, the struggle for life is almost exclusively with the elements. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is to be found everywhere, even to the steppes of Asia, the plains of Australia, and the ice fields of the Arctic. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Not until we reach the extreme confines of life, in the Arctic regions or on the borders of an utter desert, will competition cease. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I found that he had been in command of a whaler which was due to return from the Arctic seas at the very time when my father was crossing to Norway. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- An arctic fauna, musk ox, woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lemming, ushers in the Pleistocene. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1852 the United States mail steamer Arctic, of the Collins line, was regarded as the greyhound of the Atlantic, her time being 9 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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