ARCTA'TION, ARC'TIC, adjective [Gr. a bear, and a northern constellation so called.] Northern; pertaining to the northern constellation, called the bear; as, the arctic pole, circle, region or sea. The arctic circle is a lesser circle parallel to the equator, 23 degrees 28' from the north pole. this, and the antarctic circle, are called the polar circles, and within these lie the frigid zones.
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