polarity

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlærɪti/
• Rhymes: -æɹɪti

Noun

polarity (countable and uncountable, plural polarities)

1. The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
2. Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
3. (chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule.
4. (grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative.
5. (projective geometry) A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two.

Derived terms

• magnetic polarity
• polarity epoch

Translations

separation, alignment

• Finnish: vastakohtaisuus (fi), napaisuus (fi), polariteetti
• German: Polarität (de) f
• Portuguese: polaridade f
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• Romanian: polaritate (ro) f
• Russian: поля́рность (ru) f (poljárnostʹ)
• Spanish: polaridad f
• Swedish: polaritet (sv) c

one of two extremes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極性／极性 (zh) (jíxìng), 极性 (zh) (jíxìng)

• Finnish: ääripää (fi), napa (fi)
• French: polarité (fr) f
• German: Polarität (de) f
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• Greek: πόλωση (el) f (pólosi)
• Japanese: 極性 (きょくせい, kyokusei)
• Portuguese: polaridade f
• Russian: поля́рность (ru) f (poljárnostʹ)

chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極性／极性 (zh) (jíxìng), 极性 (zh) (jíxìng)

• Finnish: poolisuus, polaarisuus (fi), polariteetti
• French: polarité (fr) f
• German: Polarität (de) f
• Japanese: 極性 (きょくせい, kyokusei)
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• Malay:
• Maori: tōranga, pitoruatanga
• Portuguese: polaridade f
• Romanian: polaritate (ro) f
• Russian: поля́рность (ru) f (poljárnostʹ)
• Spanish: polaridad f
• Tagalog: kataluktukan

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• Greek: ^{(please verify)} πολικότητα (el) f (polikótita)
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