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circumpolar

Syllabification: (cir·cum·po·lar)
Definition of circumpolar

adjective

  • situated around or inhabiting one of the earth’s poles:the eight circumpolar countries met in 1991
  • Astronomy (of a star or motion) above the horizon at all times in a given latitude:the Big Dipper is circumpolar at Mediterranean latitudes

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