circumpolar
pronunciation
How to pronounce circumpolar in British English:
UK [ˌsɜ:kəm'pəʊlə]
How to pronounce circumpolar in American English:
US [ˌsɜkəm'poʊlə]
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- Adjective:
- (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- located or found throughout a polar region
Word Origin
- circumpolar (adj.)
- 1680s in astronomy; 1690s in geography, from circum- + polar.
Example
- 1. Said in another way , at a latitude of 44 degrees any star will be circumpolar if it 's less than 44 degrees from the north celestial pole .
- 2. Interdecadal change of the antarctic oscillation and the antarctic circumpolar wave .
- 3. Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution .
- 4. Residual-mean solutions for the antarctic circumpolar current and its associated overturning circulation .
- 5. " Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of climate change , " said the host , the inuit circumpolar council .