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Webster 1913 Edition
Antarctic
Ant-arc′tic
,Adj.
[OE.
antartik
, OF. antartique
, F. antarctique
, L. antarcticus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK]; ἀντί
+ ἄρκτοσ
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′. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antarctic
ANTARC'TIC
,Adj.
Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a lesser circle, distant from the pole 23 degrees 28'. Thus we say the antarctic pole, antarctic circle, or antarctic region.