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Definition of Frigid zone

1. Noun. The part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate.

Definition of Frigid zone

1. Noun. Either of two zones of the Earth that lie between the poles and either the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frigid Zone

Literary usage of Frigid zone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"... Academy—Collection of Minerals—Artists—Preparations for a Journey to the Frigid Zone, ... frigid zone."

2. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1832)
"When it is midnight at any place in the temperate or torrid zones, to find the sun's altitude at any place (on the same meridian) in the north frigid zone, ..."

3. A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of by Jesse Olney (1841)
"Which way from «» is the North frigid zone ? Should you like to live in the ... Do the inhabitants raise corn, wheat, rye, &c. in the North frigid zone ? ..."

4. The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and by Richard Phillips (1826)
"OF THE frigid zone. 315. ... land has yet heen discovered in the southern frigid zone; hut the climate and ..."

5. A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of by Jesse Olney (1833)
"Which way from us is the North frigid zone ? Should you like to live in the ... Do the inhabitants raise corn, wheat, rye, &c. in the North frigid zone ? ..."

6. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"Find the sun's declination for the given day, and elevate the pole to that declination; bring the place (in the frigid zone) to that part of the brass ..."

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