polarity
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
Example
“The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion.”
Other meanings
Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule.
Synonyms
- mutual opposition
Related words
- antipolarity
- autopolarity
- circumpolarity
- dipolarity
- electropolarity
- heteropolarity
- micropolarity
- monopolarity
- multipolarity
- polariton
- tetrapolarity
- magnetic polarity
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “polarity” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.