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polar circle

noun

  1. either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.


polar circle

noun

  1. a term for either the Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


polar circle

  1. The Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of polar circle1

First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences

Here the continent again turns at right angles, and continues northeast into the northern polar circle.

The polar circle is parallel, running slanting round the earth.

Before us was the Hestmand, or Horseman, who bridles his rocky steed with the polar circle.

One could as easily make a dogma accepted on the equator as the polar circle.

The elk is only found on this, and the rein-deer on the other, side of the polar circle in Europe and in Asia.

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