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circumpolar Definition

circum·po·lar (-pō′lər)

adjective

  1. surrounding or near either pole of the earth
  2. Astron. moving around either of the celestial poles: said of celestial objects, esp. stars, which never sink below the horizon
circumpolar Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • truly: So terrestrial latitude would have to be 63 north for a lunar standstill north to be truly circumpolar today.

Modifies a noun

  • star: The hippo keeps guard of the circumpolar stars stopping ' Set ' getting upto any mischief.
  • region: It is sufficient for our argument that the circumpolar regions were in fact inhabited during the Ice Age.
  • current: BASIC FACTS The circumpolar current is a flow of water that runs west to east in a giant circle around Antarctica.
  • distribution: Elsewhere within its circumpolar distribution, a much larger number of fungi have been recorded with dwarf birch.
  • north: It also addresses an entirely new area of concern for social scientists in the circumpolar north.
  • today: So terrestrial latitude would have to be 63 north for a lunar standstill north to be truly circumpolar today.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: In other higher latitudes, it would become circumpolar, never setting the land of the midnight moon, one could say.