Antarctic

[ ant-ahrk-tik, -ahr-tik ]

adjective

1. Sometimes antarctic. of, at, or near the South Pole.

noun

1. the Antarctic, the continent of Antarctica along with the Southern Ocean.

Antarctic

/ æntˈɑːktɪk /

noun

1. the Antarctic
   the AntarcticAntarctic Zone Antarctica and the surrounding waters

adjective

1. of or relating to the south polar regions

Antarctic

1. The region around the South Pole , Antarctica , and the surrounding ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Antarctic¹

First recorded in 1325–75; from Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikós; replacing Middle English antartik or directly from Middle French, from Medieval Latin antarticus; ant-, Arctic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Antarctic¹

C14: via Latin from Greek antarktikos; see anti- , arctic

Example Sentences

As forbidding as this terrain is, there is another force at work on the ocean surface – the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

From The Daily Beast

In ‘Chasing Shackleton’, Tim Jarvis re-enacts a hundred-year-old Antarctic journey using replica gear and clothing.

From The Daily Beast

The teams of service personnel, all of whom have physical or cognitive injuries, have walked 335km across the Antarctic Plateau.

From The Daily Beast

The teams of service personnel, all of whom have physical or cognitive injuries, will race 335km across the Antarctic Plateau.

From The Daily Beast

During a scientific expedition in the Antarctic he lost his colleagues 300 miles from safety.

From The Daily Beast

The merchant would no longer expose his cargoes to the mountainous billows and capricious gales of the Antarctic seas.

From Project Gutenberg

They strung out and started for the Antarctic Ocean, with a big old wicker-worked demijohn in the lead.

From Project Gutenberg

He had not perfectly proved the impossibility of an antarctic continent.

From Project Gutenberg

The non-existence of an antarctic continent was definitely ascertained.

From Project Gutenberg

At this time Cook had not yet proved the non-existence of an Antarctic Continent.

From Project Gutenberg

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