polar
adjective
- of, relating to, or near the North or South pole
- coming from the region near the North or South pole
- of a pole or poles
- having polarity
- opposite in character, nature, direction, etc.
- central and guiding, like the earth's pole or the polestar
See polar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pōˈlər)
adjectivea. Of or relating to a pole.
b. Measured from or referred to a pole: polar distance; polar diameter.
- Relating to, connected with, or located near the North Pole or South Pole.
a. Passing over a planet's north and south poles: a polar orbit.
b. Traveling in an orbit that passes over a planet's north and south poles.
- Serving as a guide, as a polestar or a pole of the earth.
- Occupying or characterized by opposite extremes: “In creative territory [they] make a strange yet ineluctable couple, more complementary, even polar, than twin-like” (Josh Rubins).
- Central or pivotal.
a. Chemistry Relating to or characterized by a dipole: a polar molecule.
b. Ionizing when dissolved or fused: polar bonds or linkages.
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