Polaris Definition

Polaris Sentence Examples

• Of Phanerogams, only the Dryas octopetala covers small areas of the debris, interspersed with isolated Cochlearia, &c., and, where a layer of thinner clay has been deposited in sheltered places, the surface is covered with saxifrages, &c.; and a carpet of mosses allows the arctic willow (Salix polaris) to develop. Where a thin sheet of humus, fertilized by lemmings, has accumulated, a few flowering plants appear, but even so their brilliant flowers spring direct from the soil, concealing the developed leaflets, while their horizontally spread roots grow out of proportion; only the Salix lanata rises to 7 or 8 in., sending out roots I in.

• Measure the altitude of Polaris above the northern horizon, using the sextant.

• Polaris submarines armed with nuclear weapons took up positions close to the Soviet Union.

• Polaris – that kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

• The agency contemplated abandoning Polaris.