arctic circle's Usage Examples:

tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic circles, and two colure circles passing through both poles.

PtolemyPtolemy gives a list of parallels, starting with the equator, and proceeding north at intervals, chosen so that the longest day (summer solstice) increases in steps of a quarter of an hour from 12 hours at the equator to 18 hours at 58° N, and then, in larger steps, to 24 hours at the arctic circle.

Barbara Scharres of the Chicago Reader said that Kaurismäki perfects his trademark formula of deadpan humor and arctic circle pathos in this brilliantly ironic 2002 comedy.

forenoon, we crossed the antarctic circle, and advanced into the southern frigid zone, which had hitherto remained impenetrable to all navigators.

EISCAT facilitiesEISCAT operates several facilities north of the Scandinavian arctic circle.

Synonyms:

epicycle, circle of curvature, ellipse, osculating circle, circlet, arc, oval, equator,

Antonyms:

decompress, lack, untie, detach, aged,