circumpolar
Speech parts
1. circumpolar - Adjective
2. circumpolar - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
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a circumpolar star
After studying the circumpolar current it is clear that it strongly influences regional and global climate as well as underwater biodiversity.
As the observer moves northward the pole rises and the circumpolar stars appear, now unblocked by the Earth.
Civilian and military circumpolar space shuttle missions were planned for Vandenberg AFB in California.
Dynamics The circumpolar current is driven by the strong westerly winds in the latitudes of the Southern Ocean.
Leptonychotes weddellii) are one of the top predators in the Antarctic, with a circumpolar range throughout the Southern Ocean.