"ice circle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ice circles [plural]
Etymology: ice + circle. From being a circular disc made of ice. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ice|circle}} ice + circle Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice circle (plural ice circles)
  1. A phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the influence of the underlying vortex current; when the temperature conditions are not too warm, leading to ice breakup and fragility, and not too cool, freezing over the entire surface. Wikipedia link: en:ice circle Synonyms: ice disc, ice disk Related terms: ice carousel (english: an artificial ice circle) Translations (Translations): glacia disko (Esperanto), disque de glace (French), cakram es (Indonesian), issnurra (Swedish), isskiva (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ice_circle-en-noun-NdhCo~Ov Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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