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Grep of noun polar polar bear polar body polar circle polar coordinate polar front polar glacier polar hare polar opposition polar star polar zone polarimeter polaris polarisation polariscope polarity polarization polarography polaroid polaroid camera polaroid land camera Overview of adj polar The adj polar has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (16) polar -- (having a pair of equal and opposite charges) 2. (1) diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar -- (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 -- (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 -- (of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions") 5. arctic, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar -- (extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather") 6. pivotal, polar -- (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") Antonyms of adj polar 5 of 6 senses of polar Sense 1 polar INDIRECT (VIA charged) -> uncharged Sense 2 diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar INDIRECT (VIA different) -> same Sense 4 polar (vs. equatorial) equatorial (vs. polar) => tropical, tropic => pantropical, pantropic Sense 5 arctic, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar INDIRECT (VIA cold) -> hot Sense 6 pivotal, polar INDIRECT (VIA crucial) -> noncrucial Similarity of adj polar 6 senses of polar Sense 1 polar => charged (vs. uncharged) Sense 2 diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar => different (vs. same) Sense 3 polar Pertains to noun pole (Sense 7) =>pole => geographic point, geographical point Sense 4 polar (vs. equatorial) => circumpolar => north-polar, Arctic => south-polar, Antarctic => nontropical Sense 5 arctic, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar => cold (vs. hot) Sense 6 pivotal, polar => crucial (vs. noncrucial), important Attributes of adj polar Familiarity of adj polar polar used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj polar bipolar circumpolar dipolar nonpolar north-polar polar polarographic south-polar transpolar unipolar Overview of adj polar The adj polar has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (16) polar -- (having a pair of equal and opposite charges) 2. (1) diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar -- (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 -- (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 -- (of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions") 5. arctic, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar -- (extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather") 6. pivotal, polar -- (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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