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polar Definition

po·lar (pō′lər)

adjective

    1. of, relating to, or near the North or South pole
    2. coming from the region near the North or South pole
  2. of a pole or poles
  3. having polarity
  4. opposite in character, nature, direction, etc.
  5. central and guiding, like the earth's pole or the polestar

Etymology: ML polaris < L polus: see pole

polar Synonyms

polar

modif.

  1. Concerning polar regions

    extreme, terminal, farthest; see arctic.

  2. Cold

    glacial, frozen, frigid; see cold 1.

polar Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

  • range: Top of the range Polar runners heart rate monitor Also consider the Polar RS200 + Polar RS200SD.

Modifies a noun

  • bear: A polar bear 's natural range can cover an area almost the size of Scotland.
  • vortex: On the highest surface all intrusions are governed by the location of the polar vortex.
  • cap: What we are talking about here are not the polar ice caps or large ice fields.
  • explorer: However, Shackleton is not the only polar explorer in demand.
  • opposite: A Lay bet is the polar opposite of a Buy wager.
  • icecap: Then cruise in comfort past notorious Cape Horn, experience the incredible beauty of the Chilean Fjords amd maybe flight see the polar icecap!

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: The ChemShell QM/MM procedures are most commonly with finite clusters, especially for highly polar materials where cutoffs cannot be used.
  • very: However, few organic compounds react readily with water... Their molecules are mostly much less polar than the very polar water molecule.
  • not: Good and evil by this account are not polar but proximate.
  • almost: From a very early stage in the design process a range of hues was agreed, all reflecting the cold stark almost polar environment.
  • mainly: The exterior of the molecule is mainly polar, whereas the interior is mainly non-polar.
  • just: It is not just Polar Bears that are affected.

Used with adjective complement

  • use: Exercise 2 Consider the function: Show that for all r 0: Help: you can use polar coordinates.
  • cross: Initially, while in the liquid state, the ' crossed polar ' observation results in a black field.
polar Quotes

I believe the intellectual life of the whole of western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups† Literary intellectuals at one poleöat the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension.

—Snow, C(harles) P(ercy), 1st Baron