Definition of Antarctec
Ant*arc"tic (&?;), a. [OE. antartik,
OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr.
Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; bear. See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern
or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and
applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28&min;. Thus
we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current,
etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pertaining to Antarctica.
Antarctic- The region around the south pole; the Antarctic Zone.
- (obsolete) Southern.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
- (figurative) Opposite, contradictory.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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