polar

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin polāris

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

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

Translations

relating to a geographic pole

Armenian: բևեռային (hy) (beveṙayin) Czech: polární (cs) Esperanto: polusa (eo), polara (eo) Finnish: napa-, napaseudun, napaseutu-, polaarinen

French: polaire (fr) German: polar (de) Ido: polara (io), polala (io) Polish: polarny (pl)

of an orbit passing near a geographic pole

Finnish: napa- (fi), polaarinen (fi), polaari- (fi)

German: polar (de)

having a dipole

Finnish: polaarinen (fi) German: polar (de)

Swedish: polär

of a certain coordinate system

Armenian: բևեռային (hy) (beveṙayin) Czech: polární (cs) Finnish: polaarinen (fi), napa- (fi)

French: polaire (fr) German: polar (de) Swedish: polär

Anagrams

• parol

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Galician

Adjective

polar m. and f. (plural polares)

1. polar

Antonyms

• apolar

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German

Adjective

polar (not comparable)

1. polar

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Romanian

Adjective

polar m. and n., (f.: polară)

1. polar

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Spanish

Adjective

polar m. and f. (plural polares)

1. polar