Look up: Arctic

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   Arctic
   The Arctic is the north polar region. The climate is persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterised by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterised by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow. The terrain at the central surface is covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack which averages about 3 meters in thickness, although pressure ridges may be three times that...
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   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
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   Arctic
   The North Polar region.
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   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)
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   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 from the Sun, and reddishbrown when viewed into the Sun. Category: The cosmos • front o...
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   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.] Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear ; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ...
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   Arctic
   Arc'tic noun 1. The arctic circle. 2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [ U.S.]
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   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 antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and betwee ...
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   arctic
   frigid adjective extremely cold; `an arctic climate`; `a frigid day`; `gelid waters of the North Atlantic`; `glacial winds`; `icy hands`; `polar weather`
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    arctic
    adjective of or relating to the Arctic; `Arctic circle`
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    Arctic
    Arctic Zone noun the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
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    arctic
    galosh noun a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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    Arctic
    The `Arctic` is the region around the Earth's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. The Arctic includes the Arctic Ocean (which overlies the North Pole) and parts of Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Russia, the United States (Alaska), Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The word Arctic comes from the Greek word `arktos` , which means bear. This is due to the location of the constellation (a group of stars) U...
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    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.
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    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]
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    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.
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