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Polar

//ˈpəʊ.lə// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. not-comparable

    "After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition."

  2. 2
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Having a dipole; ionic. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Having but two possible answers, yes and no. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    Of or having a pole or polarity, as:; Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles. not-comparable

    "polar viewpoints"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a pair of equal and opposite charges wordnet
  2. 2
    being of crucial importance wordnet
  3. 3
    extremely cold wordnet
  4. 4
    characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed wordnet
  5. 5
    of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles wordnet
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  1. 6
    located at or near or coming from the earth's poles wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole + -ar.

Etymology 2

From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole + -ar.

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