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

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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

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

The musk-ox had retreated to the polar circle.

From Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

And the "Albatross" emerged from the polar circle on the hundred and seventy-fifth meridian.

From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne

But, beyond the polar circle, above the austral icebergs, it is quite another thing, and, if the author’s work be not one of pure imagination, I am—well, of any other nationality than my own.

From An Antarctic Mystery by Frances Cashel Hoey

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