ARCTIC CIRCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctic Circle mean? 

• ARCTIC CIRCLE (noun)
  The noun ARCTIC CIRCLE has 1 sense:

1. a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice

  Familiarity information: ARCTIC CIRCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTIC CIRCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

polar circle (a line of latitude at the north or south poles)

 Context examples 

He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake; also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)