"circumpolar" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-circumpolar.wav [US]
Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English circumpolar From circum- + polar. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|circum-|polar|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. 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  1. Located or found throughout a polar region. Tags: not-comparable Translations (located or found throughout a polar region): circumpolar (Catalan), circumpolair (Dutch), cirkumpola (Ido), impholach (Irish), پیراقطبی (pirâqotbi) (Persian), okołobiegunowy (Polish), circumpolar (Portuguese), cirkumpolär (Swedish)
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  2. (astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel. Tags: not-comparable Translations (continually visible above the horizon): timpholach (Irish), okołobiegunowy (Polish), cirkumpolär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-circumpolar-en-adj-6IgCwmWM Categories (other): Astronomy, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with circum- Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with circum-: 45 55 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'continually visible above the horizon': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: noncircumpolar
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
      "word": "circumpolar"
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
      "word": "پیراقطبی"
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
      "word": "okołobiegunowy"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
      "word": "circumpolar"
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      "sense": "located or found throughout a polar region",
      "word": "cirkumpolär"
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      "code": "ga",
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}

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