Usually means: Axis around which Earth rotates.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. polar axis: Merriam-Webster
  2. polar axis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polar axis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polar axis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polar axis: Wordnik
  6. polar axis: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Polar axis, polar axis: Dictionary.com
  8. polar axis: FreeDictionary.org
  9. polar axis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. polar axis: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polar axis: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Polar Axis: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. polar axis: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polar axis)

noun:  (astronomy) Of an equatorial mounting, the axis of rotation that is positioned parallel to the axis of the Earth, allowing a telescope to be turned in an hour angle or a right ascension.
noun:  (mathematics) A fixed line, usually horizontal, used in polar coordinates and from which an angle coordinate is measured.


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