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TRANSPOLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transpolar mean?
• TRANSPOLAR (adjective)
The adjective TRANSPOLAR has 1 sense:
1. extending across or crossing either pole
Familiarity information: TRANSPOLAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extending across or crossing either pole
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
transpolar air routes
Pertainym:
pole (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface)
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