: a circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
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But all of the watches will keep exacting time, and display it on a Roman numeral hour circle and an Arabic numeral minute track on a silvered disk.—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 July 2022 Instead of storming the stores or spending hours circling some parking garage, everyone would take a long winter’s nap.—Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 1 Dec. 2017
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