polarity

Word Type

n.

polarity Meaning Definition

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.

Synonyms for polarity

Janus,N pole,S pole,ambiguity,ambivalence,antagonism,anteposition,antipathy,antithesis,balance,biformity,bifurcation,bilateral symmetry,clashing,collision,conflict,conformity,confrontation,confrontment,congruity,conjugation,consistency,contention,contradiction,contradistinction,contraindication,contraposition,contrariety,contrast,correspondence,counterposition,cross-purposes,dichotomy,disagreement,discrepancy,doubleness,doublethink,doubling,dualism,duality,duplexity,duplication,duplicity,dynamic symmetry,equality,equilibrium,equivocality,eurythmics,eurythmy,evenness,finish,halving,harmony,hostility,inconsistency,inimicalness,irony,keeping,magnetic axis,magnetic pole,multilateral symmetry,negative pole,north pole,opposing,oppositeness,opposition,opposure,oppugnance,oppugnancy,pairing,parallelism,perversity,polar opposition,polarization,pole,posing against,positive pole,proportion,proportionality,regularity,repugnance,shapeliness,showdown,south pole,symmetricalness,symmetry,trilateral symmetry,twinning,two-facedness,twoness,uniformity

Synonym Search Links for polarity

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