Meanings
plural ice circles
- A phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the influence of the underlying vortex current; when the temperature conditions are not too warm, leading to ice breakup and fragility, and not too cool, freezing over the entire surface.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the influence of the underlying vortex current; when the temperature conditions are not too warm, leading to ice breakup and fragility, and not too cool, freezing over the entire surface.
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Translations
Esperanto glacia disko
- glacia diskoTranslations
French disque de glace
- disque de glaceTranslations
Indonesian cakram es
- cakram esTranslations
Swedish issnurra, isskiva
- issnurraTranslations
- isskivaTranslations
Cite this entry
ice circle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20circle
“ice circle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20circle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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