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    geometry, a pole and polar are respectively a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section. Polar reciprocation...
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    the pole, and the point's direction from the pole relative to the direction of the polar axis, a ray drawn from the pole. The distance from the pole is...
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  • million years a total true polar wander of some 30° has occurred, but that no rapid shifts in Earth's geographic axial pole were found during this period...
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    North Pole, and a 2006 expedition reported sighting a polar bear just 1 mi (1.6 km) from the Pole. The ringed seal has also been seen at the Pole, and Arctic...
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    Saturn's sustained hexagon. Titanian polar vortices Godfrey, D.A. (1988). "A hexagonal feature around Saturn's north pole". Icarus. 76 (2): 335–356. Bibcode:1988Icar...
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    from the South Pole, at an elevation of 3,718 m (12,198 ft). Using different criteria, the Scott Polar Research Institute locates this pole at 85°50′S 65°47′E...
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  • of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles. These high latitudes are dominated by...
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    Polar night is a phenomenon that occurs in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth when the Sun remains below the horizon for more than 24 hours...
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  • point (the pole). Poles and polars have several useful properties: If a point P lies on a line l, then the pole L of the line l lies on the polar p of point...
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  • Polar alignment is the act of aligning the rotational axis of a telescope's equatorial mount or a sundial's gnomon with a celestial pole to parallel Earth's...
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  • of poles and polars with respect to a conic. Poncelet maintained that the principle of duality was a consequence of the theory of poles and polars. Julius...
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    other being the Geographic North Pole). However, Earth's axis of rotation is actually subject to very small "wobbles" (polar motion), so this definition is...
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  • calculate a conic section's axis, vertices, tangents and the pole and polar relationship between points and lines of the plane determined by the conic. The...
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    Geographical poles. Earth's rotation Polar motion Poles of astronomical bodies True polar wander Kotlyakov, Vladimir; Komarova, Anna (2006). "pole; geographic...
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    first polar of Q and this is also a curve of degree n−1. The polar line of a point is L if and only if it contains both P and Q, so the poles of L are...
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    points and lines generated by a conic is called pole-polar relation or just polarity. The pole is the point, the polar the line. See Pole and polar. By calculation...
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    the geophysics of the polar regions of Earth. Before November 1956, there was no permanent artificial structure at the pole, and practically no human presence...
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    the celestial poles. On Earth, a pole star would lie directly overhead when viewed from the North or the South Pole. Currently, Earth's pole stars are Polaris...
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    Open Polar Sea was a conjectured ice-free body of water that was believed to encircle the North Pole. Although this theory was widely accepted and served...
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  • Look up polar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polar may refer to: Geographical pole, either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation...
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    time that the magma cooled. South magnetic pole Polar alignment "Magnetic North, Geomagnetic and Magnetic Poles". wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 December...
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  • singularity Pole, an element of perspective (geometry) Pole and polar, in geometry Prospective Outlook on Long-term Energy Systems (POLES), a world simulation...
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  • polestar, pole star, or Pole Star in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polestar is an electric vehicle brand. Pole star, polestar or polar star may refer...
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    Regions with a polar climate cover more than 20% of the Earth's area. Most of these regions are far from the equator and near the poles, and in this case...
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  • atmosphere, polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow around the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the North and South Poles. Cold...
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    the Arctic and the conquest of the North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound ship. He obtained the use of Fridtjof Nansen's polar exploration...
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    moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end. Polar molecules must contain one or more polar bonds due to a difference in electronegativity...
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    Polar exploration is the process of exploration of the polar regions of Earth – the Arctic region and Antarctica – particularly with the goal of reaching...
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  • meteorology, the polar highs are areas of high atmospheric pressure, sometimes similar to anticyclones, around the North and South Poles; the south polar high (Antarctic...
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  • A polar route is an aircraft route across the uninhabited polar ice cap regions. The term "polar route" was originally applied to great circle navigation...
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