POLARITIES
Noun
polarities
plural of polarity
Anagrams
• prasiolite
Source: Wiktionary
POLARITY
Po*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. polarité.]
1. (Physics)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition