polar wander in English

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          "text": "Polar wander can be used to measure the degree to which Earth's magnetic poles have been observed to move relative to the Earth's rotation axis."
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        "The motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference."
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"polar wander" meaning in English

Noun