Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circumpolar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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
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