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English

Etymology

From Arctic < (arktikos) "of the bear, northern", a reference to the northerly constellation Ursa Major < (arktos) "bear".

Pronunciation


Adjective

arctic

  1. Being extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
  2. :The food was kept very fresh by the arctic temperature setting of the freezer.


Translations

fr:arctic hu:arctic pl:arctic ro:arctic ru:arctic fi:arctic sv:arctic te:arctic vi:arctic zh:arctic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Arctic \Arc"tic\, n.
1. The arctic circle.
[1913 Webster]

2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Arctic \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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet arctic
adj 1: at or near the north pole [syn: north-polar]
2: of or relating to the Arctic; "Arctic circle"
3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid
waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy
hands"; "polar weather" [syn: frigid, gelid, glacial,
icy, polar]
n 1: the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North
Pole [syn: Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone]
2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
[syn: galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe]
Moby Dictionary
Siberian , aestival , affectless , algid , anesthetized , antarctic ,
austral , autistic , autumn , autumnal , below zero , biting , bitter ,
bitterly cold , bleak , blunt , boreal , brisk , brumal , canicular ,
catatonic , chill , chilly , cold , cold as charity , cold as death ,
cold as ice , cold as marble , cold-blooded , coldhearted , cool ,
crisp , cutting , dispassionate , drugged , dull , east , eastbound ,
easterly , eastermost , eastern , easternmost , emotionally dead ,
emotionless , equinoctial , freezing , freezing cold , frigid , frosted ,
frosty , frozen , gelid , glacial , heartless , hibernal , hiemal ,
hyperborean , ice-cold , ice-encrusted , icelike , icy , immovable ,
impassible , impassive , inclement , inexcitable , insusceptible , keen ,
meridional , midsummer , midwinter , nipping , nippy , nonemotional ,
north , northbound , northeast , northeasterly , northeastern ,
northerly , northern , northernmost , northwest , northwesterly ,
northwestern , numbing , objective , obtuse , occidental , oriental ,
out of season , out of touch , passionless , penetrating , piercing ,
pinching , raw , rigorous , seasonal , self-absorbed , severe , sharp ,
sleety , slushy , snappy , solstitial , soulless , south , southbound ,
southeast , southeasterly , southeastern , southerly , southern ,
southernmost , southwest , southwesterly , southwestern , spiritless ,
spring , springlike , stone-cold , subzero , summer , summerlike ,
summerly , summery , supercooled , unaffectionate , unemotional ,
unfeeling , unimpassioned , unimpressionable , unloving , unpassionate ,
unresponding , unresponsive , unsusceptible , unsympathetic ,
untouchable , vernal , west , westbound , westerly , western ,
westernmost , winter , winterbound , winterlike , wintery , wintry


FOLDOC Arctic

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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