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depress the pole

depress the pole verb: to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.

Verb

depress the pole (third-person singular simple present depresses the pole, present participle depressing the pole, simple past and past participle depressed the pole)

  1. To cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.

Forms of depress the pole

third-person singular presentdepresses the pole
present participledepressing the pole
past participledepressed the pole
pastdepressed the pole

Questions about depress the pole

What does depress the pole mean?
Depress the pole means to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.
What part of speech is depress the pole?
Depress the pole is a verb.
What is the past tense of depress the pole?
The past tense of depress the pole is depressed the pole.

Words near depress the pole in the dictionary

  1. deprescribing
  2. deprescription
  3. depreservation
  4. depresh
  5. depress
  6. depress the pole
  7. depressability
  8. depressable
  9. depressant
  10. depressants
  11. depressariid

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