English Explanatory Dictionary

polar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
Having a dipole; ionic.
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.

noun

The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊ.lə/ /ˈpoʊ.ləɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-polar.wav [ˈpɔː.lɝ] /ˌpoˌlar/ [poː.läː(ɾ)]

Word forms

polar polars

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.

Derived words

ambipolar antipolar autopolar axipolar bipolar circumpolar contrapolar copolar decapolar dipolar electropolar epipolar equipolar extrapolar frontopolar grolar heteropolar hexadecapolar hexapolar homopolar interpolar intrapolar isopolar micropolar monopolar multipolar nonpolar non-polar octapolar octopolar omnipolar peripolar pizzly polar antonym polar area diagram polar axis polar bar chart polar bear polar bear dip polar bear plunge polar bear swim polar body polar cap polar circle polar cod polar cone polar coordinates polar covalent bond polar desert polar dog polar equation polar fox polar ice polarisation polariscope polarise polarity polarization polarize polar lights

Translations

Finnish: napa- Finnish: polaarinen Finnish: polaari- Galician: polar German: polar Spanish: polar

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