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ice circle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ice disc, ice disk

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: ice carousel

History

Etymology

From ice + circle.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: glacia disko — Translations
  • French: disque de glace — Translations
  • Indonesian: cakram es — Translations
  • Swedish: issnurra — Translations
  • Swedish: isskiva — Translations