[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arctic \arc"tic\, n.
   1. the arctic circle.
      1913 webster

   2. a warm waterproof overshoe. u.s.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arctic \arc"tic\, a. oe. artik, of. artique, f. arctique, l.
   arcticus, fr. gr. ?, fr. ? a bear, also a northern
   constellation so called; akin to l. ursus bear, skr. ?ksha.
   pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation
   called the bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole,
   circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night,
   temperature.
   1913 webster

   note: the arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the
         equator, 23deg 28' from the north pole. this and the
         antarctic circle are called the polar circles, and
         between these and the poles lie the frigid zones. see
         zone.
         1913 webster
see also:
zone 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

arctic
     adj 1: at or near the north pole syn: north-polar
     2: of or relating to the arctic; "arctic circle"
     3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate";  "a frigid day"; "gelid
        waters of the north atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy
        hands"; "polar weather" syn: frigid, gelid, glacial,
         icy, polar
     n 1: the regions north of the arctic circle centered on the north
          pole syn: arctic zone, north frigid zone
     2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
        syn: galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe
see also:
north-polar frigid gelid glacial icy polar 
arctic zone north frigid zone galosh golosh rubber 
gumshoe 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

151 moby thesaurus words for "arctic":
   siberian, aestival, affectless, algid, anesthetized, antarctic,
   austral, autistic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter,
   bitterly cold, bleak, blunt, boreal, brisk, brumal, canicular,
   catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
   cold as ice, cold as marble, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cool,
   crisp, cutting, dispassionate, drugged, dull, east, eastbound,
   easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, emotionally dead,
   emotionless, equinoctial, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frosted,
   frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, heartless, hibernal, hiemal,
   hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, immovable,
   impassible, impassive, inclement, inexcitable, insusceptible, keen,
   meridional, midsummer, midwinter, nipping, nippy, nonemotional,
   north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern,
   northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly,
   northwestern, numbing, objective, obtuse, occidental, oriental,
   out of season, out of touch, passionless, penetrating, piercing,
   pinching, raw, rigorous, seasonal, self-absorbed, severe, sharp,
   sleety, slushy, snappy, solstitial, soulless, south, southbound,
   southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern,
   southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, spiritless,
   spring, springlike, stone-cold, subzero, summer, summerlike,
   summerly, summery, supercooled, unaffectionate, unemotional,
   unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving, unpassionate,
   unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic,
   untouchable, vernal, west, westbound, westerly, western,
   westernmost, winter, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

arctic
     
         a real-time functional language, used
        for music synthesis.
     
        "arctic: a functional language for real-time control",
        r.b. dannenberg, conf record 1984 acm symp on lisp and
        functional prog, acm.
     
        1995-01-16
     
     
see also:
real-time functional language 

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