polar
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to pole + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯lə(ɹ)]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯lɚ]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
[edit]polar (not comparable)
- Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:
- After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.
- (space sciences) 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.
- (conceptual analysis) 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.
- polar viewpoints
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
- non-polar
- nonpolar
- 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
- polarly
- polar moment of inertia
- polar motion
- polar night
- polar nucleus
- polaron
- polaroplast
- polar opposite
- polar question
- polar star
- polar stratospheric cloud
- polar vortex
- polar wander
- polarward
- polar willow
- polar wolf
- prizzly
- quadripolar
- semipolar
- space polar coordinate
- subpolar
- temporopolar
- tetrapolar
- transpolar
- tripolar
- unipolar
Translations
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Noun
[edit]polar (plural polars)
- (geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polars)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “polar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “polar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “polar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “polar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pol(icier) + -ard.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]polar m (plural polars)
Further reading
[edit]- “polar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polar m or f (plural polares)
Further reading
[edit]- “polar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polar (strong nominative masculine singular polarer, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist polar | sie ist polar | es ist polar | sie sind polar | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | polarer | polare | polares | polare |
genitive | polaren | polarer | polaren | polarer | |
dative | polarem | polarer | polarem | polaren | |
accusative | polaren | polare | polares | polare | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der polare | die polare | das polare | die polaren |
genitive | des polaren | der polaren | des polaren | der polaren | |
dative | dem polaren | der polaren | dem polaren | den polaren | |
accusative | den polaren | die polare | das polare | die polaren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein polarer | eine polare | ein polares | (keine) polaren |
genitive | eines polaren | einer polaren | eines polaren | (keiner) polaren | |
dative | einem polaren | einer polaren | einem polaren | (keinen) polaren | |
accusative | einen polaren | eine polare | ein polares | (keine) polaren |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the noun pol.
Adjective
[edit]polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “polar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the noun pol.
Adjective
[edit]polar (neuter singular polart, definite singular and plural polare)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]polar m
- indefinite plural of pol
References
[edit]- “polar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]polar m inan
- fleece, polar fleece
- garment made from polar fleece
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- polar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- polar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]polar m or f (plural polares)
Derived terms
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin polāris, Italian polare and French polaire.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polar m or n (feminine singular polară, masculine plural polari, feminine and neuter plural polare)
Declension
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Late Latin polāris, equivalent to polo + -ar.
Adjective
[edit]polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English polar fleece.
Adjective
[edit]polar m or f (masculine and feminine plural polares)
Noun
[edit]polar m (plural polares)
- (Spain, textiles) a texture resembling or equal to polar fleece
Further reading
[edit]- “polar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]polar
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