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

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

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

The region around it is the North Frigid Zone.

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

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 Emilie Van Beil Jacobs

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

Some day another expedition, more up to date than ours, will force its way into the Heart of that Frigid Zone.

From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans