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Arctic : adj
1: at or near the north pole [syn: north-polar, Arctic]
2: of or relating to the Arctic; "Arctic circle"
3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid
waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy
hands"; "polar weather" [syn: frigid, gelid, glacial,
icy, polar]
(noun)
1: the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North
Pole [syn: Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone]
2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
[syn: galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Arctic : \Arc"tic\, n.
1. The arctic circle.
2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Arctic : \Arc"tic\, a. [OE. artik, OF. artique, F. arctique, L.
arcticus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a bear, also a northern
constellation so called; akin to L. ursus bear, Skr. ?ksha.]
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation
called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole,
circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night,
temperature.
Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the
equator, 23[deg] 28' from the north pole. This and the
antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and
between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. See
Zone.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Arctic :
A real-time functional language, used
for music synthesis.
["Arctic: A Functional Language for Real-Time Control",
R.B. Dannenberg, Conf Record 1984 ACM Symp on LISP and
Functional Prog, ACM].
(1995-01-16)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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