Circumpolar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumpolar \Cir`cum*po"lar\, a. [Pref. circum- + polar.]
     About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the
     pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  circumpolar
       adj 1: (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon
              during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a
              circumpolar star"
       2: located or found throughout a polar region