Definitions for Polar
ˈpoʊ lərPo·lar

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. polar(adj)

   having a pair of equal and opposite charges

2. diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar(adj)

   characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

   "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

3. polar(adj)

   located at or near or coming from the earth's poles

   "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"

4. polar(adj)

   of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles

   "polar regions"

5. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar(adj)

   extremely cold

   "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

6. pivotal, polar(adj)

   being of crucial importance

   "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

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1. polar(Adjective)

   of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)

2. polar(Adjective)

   of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles

3. polar(Adjective)

   having a dipole; ionic

4. polar(Adjective)

   of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle

5. polar(Adjective)

   Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

Origin: From polāris

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1. Polar(adj)

   of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds

2. Polar(adj)

   of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed

3. Polar(adj)

   pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates

4. Polar(noun)

   the right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree

Origin: [Cf. F. polaire. See Pole of the earth.]

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1. Polar

   Polar, or K, is Kjetil Dale Sagstad, a Norwegian electronic music artist. He is originally from Meland in Norway, and grew up with his former musical partner Teebee. Together he started Subtitles Recordings, which Teebee now runs by himself. He currently lives in Bergen. Labels: Certificate 18, Subtitles Recordings, Breakbeat Science, Levitated, Moving Shadow, R&S Records, Beatservice, Rugged Vinyl, Warm Communications, Fenetik, FAT! Records, Metaformal

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1. Polar

   pō′lar, adj. pertaining to, or situated near, either of the poles: pertaining to the magnetic poles: having a common meeting-point.—n. (geom.) the line joining the points of contact, of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.—ns.pl. Pōlar-co-or′dinates, co-ordinates defining a point by means of a radius vector and the angle which it makes with a fixed line through the origin; Pō′lar-for′ces, forces that act in pairs and in different directions, as in magnetism.—n. Polarim′eter, the polariscope.—adj. Polarī′sable, capable of polarisation.—ns. Polarisā′tion (opt.), a particular modification of rays of light, by the action of certain media or surfaces, so that they cannot be reflected or refracted again in certain directions: state of having polarity; Polar′iscope, an instrument for polarising light, and analysing its properties.—v.t. Pō′larise, to give polarity to.—ns. Pō′lariser, that which polarises or gives polarity to; Polar′ity, state of having two opposite poles: a condition in certain bodies according to which their properties arrange themselves so as to have opposite powers in opposite directions, as in a magnet with its two poles.—Polar bear, a large white bear found in the Arctic regions; Polar circle, a parallel of latitude encircling each of the poles at a distance of 23° 28′ from the pole—the north polar being called the arctic, the south the antarctic, circle; Polar lights, the aurora borealis or australis. [L. polaris—polus, a pole.]

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1. Polar

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Polar in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Polar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Polar in a Sentence

1. Defense James Mattis:

   In recognition of the increasing connectivity of the Indian and Pacific Oceans today we rename the US Pacific Command to Indian Oceans.The US Indo-Pacific Command, south China is South China, South China's standing watch and intimately engaged with over half of the earth's surface and South China diverse populations, from Hollywood, to Bollywood, from polar bears to penguins.

2. President Obama:

   Alaska’s National Wildlife refuge is an incredible place -- pristine, undisturbed, it supports caribou and polar bears, all manner of marine life, countless species of birds and fish, and for centuries it supported many Alaska native communities. But it’s very fragile.

3. Steven Amstrup:

   Despite uncertainties about how this bear got into this starvingcondition, we can be absolutely certainif we allow the world to continue to warm, there will be ever greater numbers of such events as survival rates decline over more and more of the polar bear range, andwe can be certainthat, without halting greenhouse gas rise, the world’s polar bears gradually will disappear.

4. Leigh Henry:

   The threat is still the gillnet, but Leigh Henry’re now dealing with a whole new industry, instead of legal shrimp fishers, we’re now dealing with transnational organized crime and people working on the black market. In the last few years, the Mexican government has stepped up its efforts to curtail poaching in the Gulf of California – the body of water that separates the Baja Peninsula from the rest of Mexico – adding in June two small boats, a number of vehicles and 135 sailors to an enforcement force deployed in 2015 under the Upper Gulf of California Integrated Protection Program. The new support joined the 13 ships, five vehicles, a helicopter-carrying ship and a plane already deployed to combat illegal fishing in the region. The U.S., which is seen as the main transshipment country for the totoaba’s bladders, has also joined in the fight against traffickers. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1,328 pounds of totoaba fish bladders that were in route to Hong Kong. While conservationists agree that the main battle to save the totoaba and vaquita is in Mexican water, they acknowledge that the demand for the bladders in China is the reason for the illegal trade and argued that officials in Beijing and Hong Kong need to crack down on the underground fish trade. ' WORLD'S SADDEST POLAR BEAR' MOVED AFTER OUTPOURING OF OUTRAGE TOWARDS CHINESE MALL The problem, experts argue, is that wildlife trafficking is so pervasive in the world’s most populous nation that authorities are stretched thin and forced to give priority to larger cases.

5. Confucius:

   He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

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