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

However, the greatest part of this southern continent, if it actually exists, must lie within the polar circle, where the sea is so encumbered with ice, that the land is rendered inaccessible.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew

Then a second circular furrow appears, parallel to the first, and nearer to the north pole, so that we may compare it to the north polar circle.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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

From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules

Bailly argued that the bishop could not mean what these words seemed to imply, as the logical conclusion would be to wait till Canada was cleared right up to the polar circle.

From The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton by Wood, William Charles Henry