Dictionary

polarity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈlæɹɪti/
• (Southern-England) audio
• [pəˈlɛɹɪɾi] (General-American)

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

magnetic polarity · micropolarity · polariton · electropolarity · positive polarity item · electrical polarity · antipolarity · monopolarity · polarity item · autopolarity · dipolarity · multipolarity · polarity epoch · heteropolarity · trilinear polarity · circumpolarity · polarity therapy · tetrapolarity · apolarity

Translations (53)

id polaritas (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · pt polaridade (separation, alignment) · ja 極性 (one of two extremes) · fr polarité (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · pl biegunowość (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · it polarità (one of two extremes) · it polarità (separation, alignment) · fi polariteetti (separation, alignment) · pt polaridade (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · pl rozbieżność (one of two extremes) · de Polarität (separation, alignment) · pl odmienność (one of two extremes) · fr polarité (one of two extremes) · cmn 極性 /极性 (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · fi napa (one of two extremes) · bg полярност (separation, alignment) · fi napaisuus (separation, alignment) · es polaridad (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · sv polaritet (separation, alignment) · uk поля́рність (separation, alignment) · ga scoilt (one of two extremes) · ru поля́рность (one of two extremes) · pl biegunowość (separation, alignment) · el πόλωση (one of two extremes) · it polarità (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · de Polarität (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · pl polarność (separation, alignment) · ro polaritate (separation, alignment) · mi tōranga (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · ja 極性 (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · cmn 極性 /极性 (one of two extremes) · fi polaarisuus (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · ca polaritat (separation, alignment) · pl biegunowość (one of two extremes) · pl różnica (one of two extremes) · es polaridad (separation, alignment) · ru поля́рность (separation, alignment) · pt polaridade (one of two extremes) · ru поля́рность (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · fi poolisuus (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · fi ääripää (one of two extremes) · mi pitoruatanga (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · de Polarität (one of two extremes) · uk поля́рність (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · ga deighilt (one of two extremes) · ro polaritate (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · ga polaraíocht (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · la polāritās (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · tl kataluktukan (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · ca polaritat (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · pl polarność (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · fi polariteetti (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) · fi vastakohtaisuus (separation, alignment)