Definition of Antarctic

1. Noun. The region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters.


2. Adjective. At or near the south pole.
Exact synonyms: South-polar
Similar to: Polar
Derivative terms: South Pole

Definition of Antarctic

1. a. Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28&min;. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.

Definition of Antarctic

1. Adjective. (obsolete) southern Southern. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) opposite Opposite, contradictory. ¹

4. Proper noun. One of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions. ¹

5. Adjective. (alternative spelling of Antarctic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antarctic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antarctic

Anser cygnoides
Anserinae
Anshan
Anshar
Anshur
Anson
Ansus
Antabuse
Antaean
Antakarinya
Antakiya
Antakya
Antalya
Antananarivo
Antara
Antarctic (current term)
Antarctic Circle
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Zone
Antarctic continent
Antarctic convergence
Antarctica
Antarctican
Antarcticans
Antares
Antedon
Antedonidae
Antennaria
Antennaria dioica

Literary usage of Antarctic

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

1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"RECENT Antarctic EXPLORATION. 1. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' By Captain Sober Scott, RN Two vols. London : Smith, Elder, MR 2. Zum Kontinent des Eisigen ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"128t; Considerations respecting Routes for an Antarctic Expedition, XVIII. 13 * ; Promotion of further discovery in Arctic and Antarctic. X. 124 t Mill. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The Problem of Antarctic Exploration. By HENRYK ARCTOWSKI. The question of Antarctic exploration is now before the scientific world ..."

4. Probability of Sea Level Rise by James G. Titus, Vijay K. Narayanan (1998)
"Antarctic Air Temperatures. The draft report assumed that, ... We also considered the correlation between winter and summer Antarctic warming. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"The other great glacial feature of the Antarctic area was ' the ice Barrier' which ... It probably abutted upon land, possibly upon an Antarctic continent. ..."

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