'Frigid Zone' definitions:
Definition of 'Frigid Zone'
(from WordNet)
noun
The part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate [syn: Frigid Zone, polar zone, polar region]
Definition of 'Frigid zone'
From: GCIDE
- Frigid \Frig"id\, a. [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. ? to shudder, or perh. to ? cold. Cf. Frill.]
- 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23? 28? from the pole. See the Note under Arctic. [1913 Webster]