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Polarity
//pəˈlæɹɪti// noun
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Noun
- 1 The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. countable, uncountable
"The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion."
- 2 a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies wordnet
- 3 Either of the two extremes of such attributes. countable, uncountable
- 4 having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) wordnet
- 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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- 6 The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 7 Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 8 A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
"positive and negative polarity"
- 9 The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase. countable, uncountable
- 10 The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 11 A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 12 An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 13 Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
"political polarity"
- 14 The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
- 15 Ellipsis of magnetic polarity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 16 Ellipsis of trilinear polarity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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