ANTARCTIC

ANTARC'TIC, adjective [Gr. against, and the bear, a northern constellation.]Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a lesser circle, distant from the pole 23 degrees 28'. Thus we say the antarctic pole, antarctic circle, or antarctic region.

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antarctic. Antarctic, a. of or relating to the southern pole

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Ant‐arc″tic (�), a. [[OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. �; � + � bear. See Arctic.]] 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′. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.