circumpolar
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Circumpolar stars in a 30 min. exposure
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
circumpolar (not comparable)
- Located or found throughout a polar region.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.
- a circumpolar star
Derived terms
Translations
located or found throughout a polar region
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continually visible above the horizon
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧po‧lar
Adjective
circumpolar m or f (plural circumpolares)
- circumpolar (located throughout a polar region)
- (astronomy) circumpolar
Further reading
- “circumpolar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “circumpolar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “circumpolar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “circumpolar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “circumpolar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “circumpolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French circumpolaire.
Adjective
circumpolar m or n (feminine singular circumpolară, masculine plural circumpolari, feminine and neuter plural circumpolare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | circumpolar | circumpolară | circumpolari | circumpolare | |||
| definite | circumpolarul | circumpolara | circumpolarii | circumpolarele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | circumpolar | circumpolare | circumpolari | circumpolare | |||
| definite | circumpolarului | circumpolarei | circumpolarilor | circumpolarelor | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkumpoˈlaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkumpoˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cir‧cum‧po‧lar
Adjective
circumpolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural circumpolares)
- (astronomy, etc.) circumpolar
Further reading
- “circumpolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10