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Antarctic

UK /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/US /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 4

adjective3

•
Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
- Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago. — 2014
(no longer used) Southern.
(figurative, no longer used) Opposite, contradictory.

noun1

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.

forms

more Antarctic · more antarctic · most Antarctic · most antarctic

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