polar circle

noun

1. either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.

polar circle

noun

1. a term for either the Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle

polar circle

1. The Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polar circle¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Here the continent again turns at right angles, and continues northeast into the northern polar circle.

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The polar circle is parallel, running slanting round the earth.

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

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One could as easily make a dogma accepted on the equator as the polar circle.

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The elk is only found on this, and the rein-deer on the other, side of the polar circle in Europe and in Asia.

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