polarity

polarity is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. 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.
3. noun. a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies

   "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"

4. 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"

   Synonyms: sign

Synonyms

sign

Common word forms

polarities

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