polar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpəʉl.ə/ (Australia)
- /ˈpoʊlɚ/ (General-American)
- [ˈpɔːlɝ] (Canada, Northwestern, US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpəʊ.lə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpoləɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈpɔul.ə/ (Australia)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.
1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable) Of or having a pole or polarity, as: ▸ Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- (not-comparable) Of or having a pole or polarity, as: ▸ Having a dipole; ionic.
- (not-comparable) 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, of a question) Of or having a pole or polarity, as: ▸ Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:conceptual analysis) 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.
polar viewpoints
Deriveds
polarisation · polar circle · octopolar · bipolar · subpolar · epipolar · polar bear plunge · polar motion · autopolar · polar lights · polar night · polar body · nonpolar · polar wander · transpolar · axipolar · frontopolar · monopolar · non-polar · homopolar · polarize · polar bear dip · micropolar · polar antonym · polar nucleus · interpolar · polar fox · isopolar · polar vortex · hexadecapolar · grolar · polarity · polar mesospheric cloud · intrapolar · extrapolar · peripolar · tetrapolar · polar bar chart · antipolar · polar star · circumpolar · polar area diagram · space polar coordinate · polar dog · decapolar · polar opposite · unipolar · polarward · hexapolar · quadripolar · polaroplast · electropolar · polar cone · ambipolar · polar wolf · polar bear · polar coordinates · polar T3 syndrome · prizzly · polar axis · dipolar · polar bear swim · polar ice · copolar · polar stratospheric cloud · octapolar · heteropolar · multipolar · omnipolar · polaron · polar willow · polariscope · polar question · polar desert · polar wind · contrapolar · polar cod · equipolar · polar moment of inertia · polarly · semipolar · pizzly · polar cap · polar covalent bond · temporopolar · tripolar · polarise · polarization · polar equation
Translations (68)
be по́люсны (relating to a geographic pole) · fi polaari- (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · fa قطبی (relating to a geographic pole) · fi polaarinen (relating to a geographic pole) · es polar (of a certain coordinate system) · hy բևեռային (of a certain coordinate system) · is pól- (relating to a geographic pole) · cs polární (of a certain coordinate system) · es polar (having a dipole) · hi ध्रुवीय (relating to a geographic pole) · fi napaseudun (relating to a geographic pole) · fr polaire (relating to a geographic pole) · mi mātaratara (relating to a geographic pole) · ru поля́рный (of a certain coordinate system) · de polar (of a certain coordinate system) · pl biegunowy (having a dipole) · pl polarny (of a certain coordinate system) · uk поля́рний (relating to a geographic pole) · de polar (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · fi poolinen (having a dipole) · es polar (relating to a geographic pole) · fr polaire (of a certain coordinate system) · is heimskauta- (relating to a geographic pole) · fi polaarinen (having a dipole) · be паля́рны (relating to a geographic pole) · is heimskautalegur (relating to a geographic pole) · hy բևեռային (relating to a geographic pole) · ckb جەمسەری (relating to a geographic pole) · eo polusa (relating to a geographic pole) · bg поля́рен (relating to a geographic pole) · kk полярлық (relating to a geographic pole) · pl polarny (relating to a geographic pole) · gl polar (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · gl polar (relating to a geographic pole) · cs polární (relating to a geographic pole) · de polar (having a dipole) · ru по́люсный (relating to a geographic pole) · io polara (relating to a geographic pole) · sv polär (having a dipole) · ru поля́рный (relating to a geographic pole) · fi polaarinen (of a certain coordinate system) · pl polarny (having a dipole) · bg поля́рен (of a certain coordinate system) · is heimskauts- (relating to a geographic pole) · gl polar (having a dipole) · tl taluktukin (having a dipole) · ar قُطْبِيّ (relating to a geographic pole) · pl polarny (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · io polala (relating to a geographic pole) · fi napa- (of a certain coordinate system) · sk polárny (relating to a geographic pole) · es polar (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · izh poljarnoi (relating to a geographic pole) · pl biegunowy (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · bg поля́рен (having a dipole) · cmn 極地的 /极地的 (relating to a geographic pole) · fi napa- (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · sv polär (of a certain coordinate system) · fi polaarinen (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) · fi napaseutu- (relating to a geographic pole) · pl biegunowy (relating to a geographic pole) · fi napa- (relating to a geographic pole) · gl polar (of a certain coordinate system) · eo polara (relating to a geographic pole) · pl biegunowy (of a certain coordinate system) · uk по́люсний (relating to a geographic pole) · de polar (relating to a geographic pole) · mk поларен (relating to a geographic pole)