Meaning of ARCTIC
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârktik, 'urktik
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
- [n] the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
- [adj] extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
- [adj] at or near the north pole
- [adj] of or relating to the Arctic; "Arctic circle"
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ARCTIC is a 6 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | Arctic Zone, cold, freezing, frigid, galosh, gelid, glacial, golosh, gumshoe, icy, North Frigid Zone, north-polar, polar, rubber |
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| | See Also: | | Frigid Zone, overshoe, polar zone | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Arc"tic\, a. [OE. artik, OF. artique, F. arctique, L.
arcticus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a bear, also a northern
constellation so called; akin to L. ursus bear, Skr. ?ksha.]
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.
Note: 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
between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See
{Zone}.
\Arc"tic\, n.
1. The arctic circle.
2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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]. |
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