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Webster 1913 Edition
Polarity
Po-lar′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
polarité
.] 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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Polarity
POLAR'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2025
polarity
polarity
English
Noun
polarity (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.
- (grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative.
Derived terms
- magnetic polarity
- polarity epoch
Translations
separation, alignment
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one of two extremes
chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force
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