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Look up: Arctic

  1. arctic
    [adj] - of or relating to the Arctic 2. [adj] - extremely cold 3. [n] - the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole 4. [n] - a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Arctic
    The North Polar region.
    Found on http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/glossar

  3. Arctic
    mass of air from the arctic regions which invades lower latitudes.It is relatively very cold in the lower levels. Category: The cosmos • in Arctic regions...reduced horizontal and oblique visibility which may extend to a height of about 10 km. This haze appears blue-grey when viewed away...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Arctic
    Arc'tic adjective [ Middle English artik , Old French artique , French arctique , Latin arcticus , from Greek ..., from ... a bear, also a northern constellation so called; akin to Latin ursus bear, Sanskrit ...ksha.] ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/117

  5. Arctic
    Arc'tic noun 1. The arctic circle. 2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [ U.S.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/117

  6. arctic
    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. ... The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23 deg 28' from the north pole. This and the antarc...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. arctic
    frigid adjective extremely cold; `an arctic climate`; `a frigid day`; `gelid waters of the North Atlantic`; `glacial winds`; `icy hands`; `polar weather`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. arctic
    adjective of or relating to the Arctic; `Arctic circle`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Arctic
    Arctic Zone noun the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. arctic
    galosh noun a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Arctic
    • (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.) A warm waterproof overshoe. • (n.) The arctic circle.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. Arctic
    northernmost region of the Earth, centred on the North Pole and characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and animal life, ... [48 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/96

  13. Arctic
    The USS Arctic is an American AOE Class fast combat support ship designed to receive ammunition, provision, stores and petroleum products from shuttle ships, and to distribute them to the carrier battle group ships while underway. The ship is equipped with the NATO Sea Sparrow missile launch system ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Arctic
    (language, music) A real-time functional language, used for music synthesis. ['Arctic: A Functional Language for Real-Time Control', R.B. Dannenberg, Conf Record 1984 ACM Symp on LISP and Functional Prog, ACM]. (1995-01-16)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Arctic

  15. Arctic
    The Arctic (k or k) is a polar region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treel...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic

  16. ARCTIC
    Of or relating to the area around the geographic North Pole, from 90° North to the Arctic Circle at approximately 66 1/2 North latitude.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/a.html

  17. Arctic
    [journal] Arctic is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, scientific journal, published by the Arctic Institute of North America. The focus of Arctic is original research articles on all topics about or related to the northern polar and sub-polar regions of the world. Additional pub...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_(jou



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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