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The Meaning of antarctic

  • (a.) 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.

Synonyms

south-polar , polar

Antonyms

equatorial

Rhymes

arctic , bartak , bartok , cathartic