polar circle

American  

noun

1. either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.

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polar circle British  

noun

1. a term for either the Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle

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polar circle Scientific  

1. The Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle.

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Etymology

Origin of polar circle

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

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polar circle

“We basically achieved everything we set out to do,” the expedition’s leader, Markus Rex, told The Associated Press by satellite phone as it left the polar circle last week.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2020

He himself came to dine with us, and to be present at the ceremony of crossing the polar circle.

From Letters from High Latitudes by Lord Dufferin

From north to south, from the polar circle to the Straits of Magellan, we see in succession:

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt

Before us was the Hestmand, or Horseman, who bridles his rocky steed with the polar circle.

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

We cannot delay in these waters, and, after all, the one thing of real importance to us is to get out of the polar circle before the winter makes it impassable.”

From An Antarctic Mystery by Frances Cashel Hoey