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polar wander

polar wander noun: the motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference.

Noun

polar wander (uncountable)

  1. The motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference.
    • Polar wander can be used to measure the degree to which Earth's magnetic poles have been observed to move relative to the Earth's rotation axis.

Questions about polar wander

What does polar wander mean?
Polar wander means the motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference.
What part of speech is polar wander?
Polar wander is a noun.

Words near polar wander in the dictionary

  1. polar stratospheric clouds
  2. polar T3 syndrome
  3. polar vortex
  4. polar vortexes
  5. polar vortices
  6. polar wander
  7. polar willow
  8. polar willows
  9. polar wolf
  10. polar-bear dip
  11. polar-bear dips

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