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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

Arctic
     adj 1: at or near the north pole [syn: north-polar, Arctic]
     2: of or relating to the Arctic; "Arctic circle"
     3: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm
        freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North
        Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
        [syn: freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar]
     n 1: the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North
          Pole [syn: Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone]
     2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
        [syn: galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Arctic \Arc"tic\, n.
   1. The arctic circle.

   2. A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]
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.

   Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel to the
         equator, 23[deg] 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.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

Arctic

   <language, music> 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)