Polarity

//pəˈlæɹɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. countable, uncountable

    "The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion."

  2. 2
    a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies wordnet
  3. 3
    Either of the two extremes of such attributes. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) wordnet
  5. 5
    The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable

    "positive and negative polarity"

  4. 9
    The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable

    "political polarity"

  9. 14
    The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    Ellipsis of magnetic polarity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  11. 16
    Ellipsis of trilinear polarity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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