ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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But the melting of ice caps at the poles is putting the brake on the rate of increase in the planet’s rotation rate, meaning the drop second now won’t be needed until 2029—not 2026, as previously thought.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On view in the new image are storms, rings, moons and a gleaming polar ice cap.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On view in the new image are storms, rings, moons and a gleaming polar ice cap.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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