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Circumpolar

adjective

(of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.

Located or found throughout a polar region.

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Etymology of 'Circumpolar'

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"Circumpolar" Quotes from Famous Books

... greater or less altitude, measured from the horizon, of a celestial object in its passage over the meridian, above or below the pole, of the place of the observer. In Polar regions two such transits of the sun, and in England similarly, circumpolar stars afford double observations for the determination of time or latitude. The general term is understood by seamen to denote mid-day, when the passage and meridian altitude of the sun affords the latitude.—True altitude is that produced ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

Words linked to "Circumpolar" : polar, visible, seeable