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Meaning of CIRCUMPOLAR

Pronunciation:  `surkum'powlur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  located or found throughout a polar region
  2. [adj]  (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a circumpolar star"
 
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 Synonyms: polar, seeable, visible
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cir`cum*po"lar\, a. [Pref. circum- + polar.]
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the
pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
 
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