a term for either the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle
polar circle in American English
1.
Arctic Circle
2.
Antarctic Circle
polar circle in American English
noun
either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle
Word origin
[1545–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: footprint, insurance, offset, rounding, sweeten
Examples of 'polar circle' in a sentence
polar circle
Employees and students of the faculty for almost 60 years have taken part in research expeditions to the polar circle.
Pasik Mariusz, Adamek Artur, Rajner Marcin, Kurczyński Zdzisław, Pachuta Andrzej,Woźniak Marek, Bylina Paweł, Próchniewicz Dominik 2016, 'Participation of Employees and Students of the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartographyin Polar Research', Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformaticshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rgg.2016.100.issue-1/rgg-2016-0016/rgg-2016-0016.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)