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 hexagon (redirect from Saturn's polar hexagon)
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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Inversive geometry (section Pole and polar)
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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Hyperbola (section Pole-polar relation for a hyperbola)
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 (disambiguation) (redirect from Polar star (disambiguation))
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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Chemical polarity (redirect from Polar molecule)
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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