Antarctic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Antarctic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Antarctic adj at or near the south pole [syn: south-polar, Antarctic] n the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters Synonym(s): Antarctic, Antarctic Zone, South Frigid Zone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antarctic \Antarc"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[deg] 28[min]. Thus we say the antarctic* pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.