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polar.

Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpəʊ.lə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpoʊlɚ/General-American[ˈpɔːlɝ]Canada, Northwestern, US/ˈpəʉl.ə/Australia
  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
  2. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

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  3. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Having a dipole; ionic.

    not-comparable
  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. Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

    not-comparable
  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.

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    polar viewpoints
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.

noun/ˈpəʊ.lə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpoʊlɚ/General-American[ˈpɔːlɝ]Canada, Northwestern, US/ˈpəʉl.ə/Australia
  1. The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.

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