Frigid Zone

American  

noun

1. either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

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Frigid Zone British  

noun

1. archaic the cold region inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circle where the sun's rays are very oblique

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Frigid Zone Scientific  

/ frĭj′ĭd /

1. Either of two regions of the Earth of extreme latitude, the North Frigid Zone, extending north of the Arctic Circle, or the South Frigid Zone, extending south of the Antarctic Circle.

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Etymology

Origin of Frigid Zone

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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Frigid Zone

North America stretches far up north into the North Frigid Zone and far south into the Torrid Zone, but most of it lies in the North Temperate Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs

It is exceedingly curious and interesting to find such a flavour of the Orient on the borders of the Frigid Zone.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

“You think, then, that the secrets of the most remote districts of Africa and Australia will have been fathomed before the Frigid Zone has been entirely examined?”

From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by N. D'Anvers

Suddenly, he turned to the interested Scouts, and removing his broad brim made a mock bow and said impressively: “Young fellows, let me welcome you to the Frigid Zone; we have just crossed Arctic Circle.”

From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Rudolf Mencl

The region around it is the North Frigid Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs