The slow erratic movement of the earth's poles relative to the continents throughout geological time, due largely to continental drift.
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The significance of the results that were then materializing soon became known, and ‘polar wandering’ became a new topic of relevance to the general debate on continental drift.
Definition of polar wandering in US English:
polar wandering
noun
The slow and erratic, real or apparent, movement of the earth's rotational or magnetic poles relative to the continents throughout geological time, due largely to continental drift.
Example sentencesExamples
The significance of the results that were then materializing soon became known, and ‘polar wandering’ became a new topic of relevance to the general debate on continental drift.