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polarity.

The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pəˈlæɹɪti/[pəˈlɛɹɪɾi]General-American
  1. The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.

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    The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion.
  2. Either of the two extremes of such attributes.

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  3. 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

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  4. The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ

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  5. Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ

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  6. A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ

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    positive and negative polarity
    The experiment tested the polarity of the electrical current.
  7. The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.

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  8. The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ

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  9. A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ

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  10. An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ

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  11. Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ

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    political polarity
  12. The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ

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  13. Ellipsis of magnetic polarity.

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  14. Ellipsis of trilinear polarity.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.