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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel;
- Example: "a circumpolar star"

2. located or found throughout a polar region; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circumpolar \Cir`cum*po"lar\, a. [Pref. circum- + polar.]
   About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the
   pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circumpolar
    adj 1: (of a celestial body) continually visible above the
           horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel; "a
           circumpolar star"
    2: located or found throughout a polar region