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Polarity

Polarity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Polarity? [n] a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil" [n] having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Polarity: mutual opposition \| sign Related Terms \| Find terms related to Polarity: ambiguity \| ambivalence \| antagonism \| anteposition \| antipathy \| antithesis \| balance \| biformity \| bifurcation \| bilateral symmetry \| clashing \| collision \| conflict \| conformity \| confrontation \| confrontment \| congruity \| conjugation \| consistency \| contention \| contradiction \| contradistinction \| contraindication \| contraposition \| contrariety \| contrast \| correspondence \| counterposition \| cross-purposes \| dichotomy \| disagreement \| discrepancy \| doubleness \| doublethink \| doubling \| dualism \| duality \| duplexity \| duplication \| duplicity \| dynamic symmetry \| equality \| equilibrium \| equivocality \| eurythmics \| eurythmy \| evenness \| finish \| halving \| harmony \| hostility \| inconsistency \| inimicalness \| irony \| Janus \| keeping \| magnetic axis \| magnetic pole \| multilateral symmetry \| N pole \| negative pole \| north pole \| opposing \| oppositeness \| opposition \| opposure \| oppugnance \| oppugnancy \| pairing \| parallelism \| perversity \| polar opposition \| polarization \| pole \| posing against \| positive pole \| proportion \| proportionality \| regularity \| repugnance \| S pole \| shapeliness \| showdown \| south pole \| symmetricalness \| symmetry \| trilateral symmetry \| twinning \| two-facedness \| twoness \| uniformity See Also \| oppositeness \| opposition Polarity In Webster's Dictionary \Polar"ity\, n. [Cf. F. polarit['e].] 1. (Physics) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc. 2. (Geom.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See {Polar}, n.

Polarity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polarity?

[n] a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"
[n] having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polarity: mutual opposition | sign

See Also | oppositeness | opposition

Polarity In Webster's Dictionary

\Po*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. polarit['e].]
1. (Physics) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of
   which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or
   powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions;
   or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties
   corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example,
   attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a
   magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the
   different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

2. (Geom.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of
   which a given point determines a corresponding right line
   and a given right line determines a corresponding point.
   See {Polar}, n.

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