POLAR
\pˈə͡ʊlə], \pˈəʊlə], \p_ˈəʊ_l_ə]\
Definitions of POLAR
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
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characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
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having a pair of equal and opposite charges
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
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having a pair of equal and opposite charges
By Princeton University
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Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
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Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.
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Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates.
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The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
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Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.
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Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates.
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The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.
By Noah Webster.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pertaining to, or situated near, or proceeding from the poles of the earth; pertaining to the magnetic pole. Polar angle, an angle formed by two meridians at the pole. Polar bear, a white arctic bear. Polar circles, two parallels of latitude round the poles at a distance of 23 1/2 degrees. Polar distance, angular distance from one of the poles, especially a celestial pole. See Pole.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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