POLARITY
polarity, sign
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
polarity (countable and uncountable, plural polarities)
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
(chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Wp
(embryology) The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. Wp
(microbiology) Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. Wp
(electricity) A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. Wp
(physics) The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
(grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. Wp
(projective geometry) A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. Wp
(mathematics) An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. Wp
(politics) Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. Wp
The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. Wp
(physics) Ellipsis of magnetic polarity.
(geometry) Ellipsis of trilinear polarity.
Source: Wiktionary
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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