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polarity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polarity \Po*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. polarit['e].] 1. (Physics) 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. (Geom.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polarity n 1: a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil" [syn: {mutual opposition}] 2: 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" [syn: {sign}]
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