English Dictionary

Arctic Circle

固有名詞

The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.

日本語の意味

北緯66°33′39″に位置する緯線で、夏至の日に太陽が沈まず、冬至の日に太陽が昇らない北半球で最も南の地域の境界を示す

Researchers set up weather stations along the Arctic Circle to monitor permafrost thaw and its impact on local ecosystems.

研究者たちは永久凍土の融解とそれが地域の生態系に与える影響を監視するため、北緯約66度33分39秒の緯線に沿って気象観測所を設置した。

意味（1）

The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 39″ north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice.

PYTHAGORAS saith, that the earth is divided into five Zones proportionably to the sphaere of the universall heaven; to wit, the Artick circle, the Tropick of Summer, the Tropick of Winter, the Aequinoctiall and the Antartick.