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

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 Mencl, Rudolf

It is here that the Eskimos live; but most of the North Frigid Zone and the South Frigid Zone is a stretch of frozen whiteness on all sides, with no living thing of any kind.

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

“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 D'Anvers, N.

Here, then, the travellers entered the true Arctic region, the northern Frigid Zone.

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

There is a South Pole and a South Frigid Zone as cold as the northern one.

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