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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 poleplay

  Familiarity information: TRANSPOLAR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRANSPOLAR (adjective)


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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