Meanings
adjectivepoleward (not comparable)
- not comparableTowards a (north or south) pole.
1 more example
During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.
1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196
adverbpoleward (not comparable)
- not comparableTowards a (north or south) pole.
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Opposite
Also see
Origin
- Englishpole
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishpoleward
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Chicago
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