of or relating to latitudes immediately north of the Antarctic Circle
subantarctic in American English
(ˌsʌbˈæntˈɑrktɪk; ˌsʌbæntˈɑrtɪk)
adjective
designating or of the area immediately surrounding the Antarctic Circle
subantarctic in American English
(ˌsʌbæntˈɑːrktɪk, -ˈɑːrtɪk)
adjective
of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar
Word origin
[1870–75; sub- + antarctic]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, Victorian, asymmetric, upgrade, washoutsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subantarctic' in a sentence
subantarctic
Subantarctic water has its maximum and minimum influences during the winter (15%) and summer (<3%), respectively.
Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho 1979, 'Aplicação do diagrama T-S estatístico: volumétrico à análise das massas de água daplataforma continental do Rio Grande do Sul The statistical volumetric T-S diagramapplied to the analysis of water masses of Rio Grande do Sul continental shelf', Brazilian Journal of Oceanographyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87591979000100005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)