Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to a pole; turning toward a pole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending towards a
pole .
Etymologies
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pole + -ary
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Examples
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Now he observes the position of the sun, and marks the meridian; then he examines the compass, and notes the polary deviation.
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