polar

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Polar Bear

adjective

The definition of polar is something related to the South or North poles.

An example of polar is a polar bear from the Arctic.

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polar

1. of, relating to, or near the North or South pole
2. 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

Origin of polar

Medieval Latin polaris from Classical Latin polus: see pole

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polar

adjective

a. 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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Relating to a pole, such as the pole of a magnet or one of the electrodes of an electrolytic cell.
Relating to the North Pole or the South Pole of Earth, or analogous regions of another planet.
Relating to a molecule or substance that has polar bonds.

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Adjective

(not comparable)

of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)
of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles
(chemistry) having a dipole; ionic
(mathematics) of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle
(linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.