frost-bound vs polar

frost-bound

polar

noun
  • The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line. 

adj
  • Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. 

  • Having but two possible answers, yes and no. 

  • Having a dipole; ionic. 

  • Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. 

  • Of or having a pole or polarity. 

  • Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle. 

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