Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A continent lying chiefly within the Antarctic Circle and asymmetrically centered on the South Pole. Some 95 percent of Antarctica is covered by an icecap averaging 1.6 km (1 mi) in thickness. The region was first explored in the early 1800s, and although there are no permanent settlements, many countries have made territorial claims. The Antarctic Treaty of 1959, signed by 12 nations, prohibited military operations on the continent and provided for the interchange of scientific data.
Wiktionary
- n. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
- n. The wider South Polar region comprising the Antarctic Continent as well as the adjacent Antarctic and Subantarctic islands, and the Southern Ocean waters situated south of the Antarctic Convergence.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
Etymologies
- From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikos), from ἀντ- (ant-, "ant-, against, opposed") + ἀρκτικός (arktikos, "Arctic"), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (arktos, "bear") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Earlier work by Fröbisch predicted that animals like Kombuisia antarctica should have existed at this time, based on fossils found in South Africa later in the Triassic Period that were relatives of the animals that lived in Antarctica.”
“Kombuisia antarctica, that apparently survived the mass extinction by living in Antarctica.”
“These factors probably forced K. antarctica to move south out of modern-day South Africa into adjacent Antarctica, where the climate would have been more hospitable.”
“K. antarctica was not alone in Antarctica during the end-Permian extinction event, but only one other vertebrate species,”
“But how do we know that K. antarctica wasn't hanging out in Antarctica all along?”
“K. antarctica dating from the end of the Permian among specimens collected from Antarctica over 30 years ago.”
“A cat-sized distant relative of mammals, Kombuisia antarctica, seems to have survived the extinction by fleeing south to Antarctica.”
“Actually, I read the preview on CBR, and i think the attack in Antarctica is Galomar attacking the children's parents, thereby making them disappear, leading to the children being taken to their parents 'childhood home. if you look at the hair color of the adults, it's the male that had red hair, while with the children, it's the girl who has red hair. i think.”
“Inflatable Hab Up and Running in Antarctica is the next entry in this blog.”
Alt.VSE: Reinventing Bush's Vision for Space Exploration - NASA Watch
“Most of the ice loss in Antarctica is occurring in the coast.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Antarctica’.
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Mandles, Candles for Men
candles with a "manly" scent
a1 steak sauce, baseball glove, grillin' out, campfire, pigskin, bowling alley, musty locker room, chuck norris sweat, urinal deodorizer, bait shop, wet dog, hardware store and 210 more...
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penguins
just penguins,their names,and
anything to do with penguin like a
place in Tasmania,a nun,aeronautics,
penguin association,what films remind you of penguins? One in 50,000 turn ou...emperor penguin, Adelie penguin, chinstrap penguin, little penguin, Humboldt penguin, macaroni penguin, Spheniscidae, great auk, nun, a coastal town in..., aeronautics, Pygoscelis adeliae and 72 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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pterodactyl is a windbag
very, lie, flyswatter, hypercorrection, dr, Chile, Julia Gillard, hi there!, Hawai'i, comfortable, second, what time and 2 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for Antarctica.
ruzuzu Uh-oh. Is bilby in a jam? Jul 11, 2012
pterodactyl Nonsense. You don't need formaldehyde to cook up a big ol' jar of marsupial preserves. Jul 10, 2012
bilby If this was the rough and tumble old days I'd be waiting for sionnach to chime in with formaldehyde. Jul 10, 2012
ruzuzu What's the best way to preserve "Ossie" marsupials? Jul 10, 2012
bilby Anardica shoubbe prerzed as nukular-free connent. Jul 9, 2012
ruzuzu That's fun, pterodactyl--I just caught myself saying it as "an-ar-di-ca." Jul 9, 2012
pterodactyl When I pronounce this word, my instinct is to leave out the C, and say"ant-AR-ti-cuh". But I know that that's not correct, so I have a little mental reminder that tells me to insert the C. Unfortunately, though, I tend to overcorrect and say "anct-ARC-ti-cuh", with an extra C before the first T.
Interestingly, the C that gives me so much trouble is a relatively recent addition. I figure that some priggish linguist in the 17th century decided that the word had to conform to its ancient Greek roots, and now we're stuck with the C. It's a shame, really. "Antartica" would be much more simple to pronounce and spell. Jul 7, 2012