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circumpolar
| circumposition
| circumrotary
| circumrotate
| circumrotation
| circumrotatory
circumpolar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective circumpolar has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
circumpolar, a. [Pref. circum- + polar.].
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
circumpolar, adj.
1 Geog. around or near one of the earth's poles.
2 Astron. (of a star or motion etc.) above the horizon at all times in a given latitude.
1 Geog. around or near one of the earth's poles.
2 Astron. (of a star or motion etc.) above the horizon at all times in a given latitude.
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