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Definition of Antarctic in English: Antarcticadjective anˈtɑːktɪkæn(t)ˈɑrktɪk 1Relating to the south polar region or Antarctica. Example sentencesExamples - You can almost feel the bitter cold and biting Antarctic wind in this excellent biography of a polar hero.
- Shackleton's last journey would be with the goal of circumnavigating the Antarctic continent.
- I've just returned from spending a month at Palmer Station, a US research base on the Antarctic peninsular.
- Amanda could, for example, be installed at any Antarctic site where the glacial ice is thick and free of dust.
- Arctic and Antarctic exploration remains a staple of the book publishing industry.
- Their journey begins in early December at Hercules Inlet on the frozen Antarctic coast.
- It recreates the vegetation and animal life in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
- Ross was involved in eight Arctic and Antarctic expeditions after joining the navy in 1812.
- The Emperor penguins are large and found only in the Antarctic regions.
- This is assuming that the Antarctic and Arctic ice caps will remain constant.
- So much water is currently locked up in the Antarctic ice sheet that if it melted it would raise sea levels by a further 150 ft or more.
- Such ideas naturally discouraged further exploration to the Antarctic region for many centuries to come.
- He had wondered how Antarctic fish stay alive in waters cold enough to freeze them.
- The results, though, did not assess the overall contribution of the entire Antarctic ice sheet to sea level rise.
- The Antarctic region harbors the most extreme climate and the most narrow biodiversity of all continents.
- This reduced the mixing of warm, tropical ocean water and cold, polar water causing the buildup of the Antarctic polar ice cap.
- There was still some cheese, dry biscuits, and dried apples in my pack from lunch a few days ago, as food rarely spoils in the cold Antarctic climate.
- The Northern Lights are a phenomenon that is seen in the skies on clear, dark nights in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
- During the Antarctic winter the South Pole becomes the coldest place on the planet.
- The Antarctic continent is colder for a number of reasons; topography being one of the most relevant.
- 1.1Botany Relating to or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising New Zealand, southern parts of Chile and Argentina, and islands in the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.
Example sentencesExamples - The Antarctic flora is a distinct community of vascular plants which evolved millions of years ago.
- The role of liverworts in Antarctic plant communities is discussed in detail.
- Lichens thus dominate the Antarctic flora both in terms of species diversity and in terms of total biomass.
Synonyms southern, southerly, southwardly, meridional, polar
noun anˈtɑːktɪkæn(t)ˈɑrktɪk the AntarcticThe Antarctic region. Example sentencesExamples - There is relatively little information on trophic relationships among nearshore Antarctic peninsula organisms that inhabit the most productive areas in the Antarctic.
- To coincide with the International Polar Year, this year's theme is the Arctic and Antarctic, home of polar bears and penguins.
- The name "Antarctic" tells the tale: The Falkland Current brings cold water north from the ocean around Antarctica.
- Penguins are the most common birds in the Antarctic.
- This catch is in addition to the 400 minke whales caught by the Japanese fleet every year in the Antarctic.
- His film music included the film Scott of the Antarctic.
- I ended the book with a photograph of an emperor penguin chick from the Antarctic.
- The work responded to the presence of classics in the Antarctic, in the place names given by British public school-educated explorers.
- The two-part Channel 4 drama was filmed in Greenland instead of in the Antarctic which was in perpetual darkness at the time.
- More than 30 hours away from the UK already and we still had two days sailing before arriving at the true Antarctic.
- A Royal Navy Lynx helicopter operating from HMS Endurance has crashed in the Antarctic, injuring the flight crew of five.
- The Tom Crean Society has arrived at Buenos Aires en route to the Antarctic.
- Three volumes of a newspaper created on expeditions to the Antarctic led by Captain Scott are to be republished.
- That's one of the thoughts of how should poultry disease ever get to the Antarctic.
- Cold rush threatens pristine Antarctic, says the Guardian's science correspondent Ian Sample (900 words; reading time 2-4 minutes).
- Ice shelves are carving off the Antarctic faster than expected.
- The lichen samples were collected along a transect from the northern maritime Antarctic to the continent.
- It plummets to the icy surface of the Antarctic, burrowing deep within the ground.
- The hardships they suffered instead for more than two years in the Antarctic have become the stuff of legend.
- This guy is to ambition what the Antarctic is to ice cubes.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French antartique or Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos 'opposite to the north', from ant- 'against' + arktikos (see Arctic). Rhymes arctic, subantarctic, subarctic Definition of Antarctic in US English: Antarcticadjectivean(t)ˈärktikæn(t)ˈɑrktɪk 1Relating to the south polar region or Antarctica. Example sentencesExamples - Such ideas naturally discouraged further exploration to the Antarctic region for many centuries to come.
- There was still some cheese, dry biscuits, and dried apples in my pack from lunch a few days ago, as food rarely spoils in the cold Antarctic climate.
- It recreates the vegetation and animal life in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
- Shackleton's last journey would be with the goal of circumnavigating the Antarctic continent.
- I've just returned from spending a month at Palmer Station, a US research base on the Antarctic peninsular.
- Ross was involved in eight Arctic and Antarctic expeditions after joining the navy in 1812.
- The results, though, did not assess the overall contribution of the entire Antarctic ice sheet to sea level rise.
- So much water is currently locked up in the Antarctic ice sheet that if it melted it would raise sea levels by a further 150 ft or more.
- This reduced the mixing of warm, tropical ocean water and cold, polar water causing the buildup of the Antarctic polar ice cap.
- The Antarctic region harbors the most extreme climate and the most narrow biodiversity of all continents.
- You can almost feel the bitter cold and biting Antarctic wind in this excellent biography of a polar hero.
- Arctic and Antarctic exploration remains a staple of the book publishing industry.
- Amanda could, for example, be installed at any Antarctic site where the glacial ice is thick and free of dust.
- The Northern Lights are a phenomenon that is seen in the skies on clear, dark nights in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
- The Emperor penguins are large and found only in the Antarctic regions.
- He had wondered how Antarctic fish stay alive in waters cold enough to freeze them.
- Their journey begins in early December at Hercules Inlet on the frozen Antarctic coast.
- This is assuming that the Antarctic and Arctic ice caps will remain constant.
- The Antarctic continent is colder for a number of reasons; topography being one of the most relevant.
- During the Antarctic winter the South Pole becomes the coldest place on the planet.
- 1.1Botany Relating to or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising New Zealand, southern parts of Chile and Argentina, and islands in the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.
Example sentencesExamples - Lichens thus dominate the Antarctic flora both in terms of species diversity and in terms of total biomass.
- The role of liverworts in Antarctic plant communities is discussed in detail.
- The Antarctic flora is a distinct community of vascular plants which evolved millions of years ago.
Synonyms southern, southerly, southwardly, meridional, polar
nounan(t)ˈärktikæn(t)ˈɑrktɪk the AntarcticThe Antarctic region. Example sentencesExamples - The two-part Channel 4 drama was filmed in Greenland instead of in the Antarctic which was in perpetual darkness at the time.
- His film music included the film Scott of the Antarctic.
- The Tom Crean Society has arrived at Buenos Aires en route to the Antarctic.
- The lichen samples were collected along a transect from the northern maritime Antarctic to the continent.
- This catch is in addition to the 400 minke whales caught by the Japanese fleet every year in the Antarctic.
- The hardships they suffered instead for more than two years in the Antarctic have become the stuff of legend.
- Ice shelves are carving off the Antarctic faster than expected.
- Three volumes of a newspaper created on expeditions to the Antarctic led by Captain Scott are to be republished.
- This guy is to ambition what the Antarctic is to ice cubes.
- I ended the book with a photograph of an emperor penguin chick from the Antarctic.
- To coincide with the International Polar Year, this year's theme is the Arctic and Antarctic, home of polar bears and penguins.
- A Royal Navy Lynx helicopter operating from HMS Endurance has crashed in the Antarctic, injuring the flight crew of five.
- More than 30 hours away from the UK already and we still had two days sailing before arriving at the true Antarctic.
- There is relatively little information on trophic relationships among nearshore Antarctic peninsula organisms that inhabit the most productive areas in the Antarctic.
- The work responded to the presence of classics in the Antarctic, in the place names given by British public school-educated explorers.
- The name "Antarctic" tells the tale: The Falkland Current brings cold water north from the ocean around Antarctica.
- That's one of the thoughts of how should poultry disease ever get to the Antarctic.
- Cold rush threatens pristine Antarctic, says the Guardian's science correspondent Ian Sample (900 words; reading time 2-4 minutes).
- It plummets to the icy surface of the Antarctic, burrowing deep within the ground.
- Penguins are the most common birds in the Antarctic.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French antartique or Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos ‘opposite to the north’, from ant- ‘against’ + arktikos (see Arctic). |