polarity

plural polarities

1. countableuncountableThe separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.

   The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion.

2. countableuncountableEither of the two extremes of such attributes.
3. countableuncountablechemistryThe dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ
4. countableuncountableembryologyThe division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ
5. countableuncountablebiologySpatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ
6. countableuncountablebusinessA measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ

   positive and negative polarity

   1 more example

   The experiment tested the polarity of the electrical current.

7. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
8. countableuncountablegrammarThe grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ
9. countableuncountableprojective geometryA duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ
10. countableuncountablemathematicsAn indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ
11. countableuncountablegovernmentAny of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ

    political polarity

12. countableuncountablegenderThe concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ
13. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablenatural sciencesEllipsis of magnetic polarity.
14. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablegeometryEllipsis of trilinear polarity.