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polarity
(encz) | polarity,polarita n: Ritchie |
Polarity
(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.
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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.
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polarity
(wn) | polarity
n 1: a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies;
"he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"
[syn: mutual opposition, polarity]
2: 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] |
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bipolarity
(encz) | bipolarity,bipolarita n: Zdeněk Brož |
reversing of polarity
(encz) | reversing of polarity,přepólování n: parkmaj |
Bipolarity
(gcide) | Bipolarity \Bi`po*lar"i*ty\, n.
Bipolar quality.
[1913 Webster] Bipont |
Polarity
(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.
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