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 Definitions of polarity  [ʊˈlær ɪ ti, pə-]  

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Definition of 'polarity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) polarity
Physics.

2.  polarity
the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery.

3.  polarity
the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.

4.  polarity
the presence or manifestation of two opposite or contrasting principles or tendencies.

5.  polarity
Ling. the positive or negative character of a word or other item in a language.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'polarity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mutual opposition, polarity
a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
"he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"

2. (noun) polarity, sign
having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
"he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"


Definition of 'polarity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) polarity
that quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc

2. (noun) polarity
a property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n



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