'Polarity' definitions:
Definition of 'polarity'
(from WordNet)
noun
A relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil" [syn: mutual opposition, polarity]
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" [syn: polarity, sign]
Definition of 'Polarity'
From: GCIDE
- Polarity \Po*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. polarit['e].]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'polarity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- antagonism,
- anteposition,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- balance,
- biformity,
- bifurcation,
- bilateral symmetry,
- clashing,
- collision,
- conflict,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- congruity,
- conjugation,
- consistency,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- correspondence,
- counterposition,
- cross-purposes,
- dichotomy,
- disagreement,
- discrepancy,
- doubleness,
- doublethink,
- doubling,
- dualism,
- duality,
- duplexity,
- duplication,
- duplicity,
- dynamic symmetry,
- equality,
- equilibrium,
- equivocality,
- eurythmics,
- eurythmy,
- evenness,
- finish,
- halving,
- harmony,
- hostility,
- inconsistency,
- inimicalness,
- irony,
- Janus,
- keeping,
- magnetic axis,
- magnetic pole,
- multilateral symmetry,
- N pole,
- negative pole,
- north pole,
- opposing,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- pairing,
- parallelism,
- perversity,
- polar opposition,
- polarization,
- pole,
- posing against,
- positive pole,
- proportion,
- proportionality,
- regularity,
- repugnance,
- S pole,
- shapeliness,
- showdown,
- south pole,
- symmetricalness,
- symmetry,
- trilateral symmetry,
- twinning,
- two-facedness,
- twoness,
- uniformity
Words containing 'Polarity'
- Polar,
- Polaric,
- Polarization,
- Polarize,
- Polarized,
- Polarizer,
- Polarizing,
- Circular polarization,
- Elliptic polarization,
- Plane of polarization,
- Polar axis,
- Polar bear,
- Polar body,
- Polar cell,
- Polar circles,
- Polar clock,
- Polar contrast,
- Polar coordinates,
- Polar dial,
- Polar distance,
- Polar forces,
- Polar globule,
- Polar hare,
- Polar lights,
- Polar opposition,
- Polar projection,
- Polar whale,
- Polaric contrast,
- Polaric opposition,
- polar circle,
- polar coordinate,
- polar front,
- polar glacier,
- polar region,
- polar star,
- polar zone,
- Electro-polar,
- North polar distance,
- Polar equation of a line,
- Polar equation of a surface,
- Polar spherical triangle,
- Zinco-polar,
- north-polar,
- plane-polarized,
- south-polar