Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
Used in a Sentence
antarctic
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for antarctic.
Editorial note
It’s impossible to look at either the arctic or antarctic head-on, as the rotation of the globe is strictly constrained.
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Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of antarctic gathered in one view.
Alternative spelling of Antarctic. [Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.]
A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for antarctic.
adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
See also: polar, south-polar, antarctic-zone
adjective
Alternative spelling of Antarctic. [Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.]
See also: polar, south-polar, antarctic-zone
noun
A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.
See also: polar, south-polar, antarctic-zone
Example sentences
It’s impossible to look at either the arctic or antarctic head-on, as the rotation of the globe is strictly constrained.
Freeze it and drop it in an antarctic glacier that will take a long time to melt.
Some people just want to complain about trivial things, even if they could tell you about antarctic expeditions instead.
The Antarctic ice sheet is not only gigantic, larger than the continental United States, but it is kilometers thick.
Global sea ice area is the sum of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, which are both periodic and not in phase.
Yes, and there is quite a lot of science explaining why we are seeing a temporary rise in Antarctic sea ice even as Arctic sea ice and Greenland/Antarctic land ice melt.
I'm guessing gd1 is just slightly confused by recent reports that Antarctic sea ice extend has reached new highs.
The Larsen Ice Shelf is on the left, along the Antarctic peninsula.
Recent interesting projects include tracking an Antarctic expedition, organising the world's artworks, mapping DDoS attacks and Syrian regime defections, and aiding rapid collaboration inside companies.
If you look individually at Arctic and Antarctic sea ice you see that Arctic has in fact declined quite a bit, the way scientists expected.
So, unless the sunlight is doing big turns, it is impossible for any eventual anomaly in the ozone above Antarctic to have any relation to skin cancer in any country in the southern hemisphere, since the sun and the position of Antarctic and really at diametrical directions.
The latest measurements I've seen show that between 2011 and 2014, the Antarctic ice sheet lost 125 cubic km per year.
Quote examples
Maybe we end up just getting to Mars and setting up an "antarctic" like lab that is occupied by teams for months at a time?
On top of that, surveyors noticed reductions in Antarctic ice at least as far back as 1932, far far before "climate change." My naturally skeptical alarms go off when I realize that headlines like the OP are pure hysterics.
On top of that, surveyors noticed reductions in Antarctic ice at least as far back as 1932, far far before "climate change." We have been increasing atmospheric CO2 since long before 1932 and Svante Arrhenius predicted that the burning of fossil fuels was increasing the earth's temperature back in 1896.
Proper noun examples
Maybe a propensity towards substance abuse is something they should be screening for-unless someone can convince me that booze is essential to surviving the Antarctic.
Antarctic melting is a particularly nasty consequence of anthopogenic climate change.
Antarctic sea ice has grown a slight amount (about half as much as Arctic as declined), which is also in accord with what we know of climate science.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use antarctic in a sentence?
It’s impossible to look at either the arctic or antarctic head-on, as the rotation of the globe is strictly constrained.
What does antarctic mean?
Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
What part of speech is antarctic?
antarctic is commonly used as adjective, noun.