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



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