Arctic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Arctic	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Arctic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arctic adj of or relating to the Arctic; "the Arctic summer" [syn: north-polar, Arctic] extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather" Synonym(s): arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar n the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole Synonym(s): Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow Synonym(s): arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the equator, 23[deg] 28[b7] 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arctic \Arc"tic\, n. 1. The arctic circle. 2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)