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Arctic

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Arctic
area of constant cold. [Geography: WB, A:600]
See : Coldness
(language, music)Arctic - 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].


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The Mayor and Corporation of the town are giving a grand ball, in celebration of the departure of an Arctic expedition from their port.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Notwithstanding the little iron stove, the ink froze on the swing- table in the cabin, and I found it more convenient to go ashore stumbling over the arctic waste-land and shivering in glazed tramcars in order to write my evening letter to my owners in a gorgeous cafe in the centre of the town.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
--it is all that saved him from exploding--and my dreams of an Honorary Fellowship, gold medals, and a niche in the Hall of Fame faded into the thin, cold air of his arctic atmosphere.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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