polar
English
/ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpoʊ̯lɚ/
adj
Definitions
- Of or having a pole or polarity.
- (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic Arctic or Antarctic Antarctic circles.
- (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) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
Etymology
Derived from Latin polāris (polar).
Origin
Latin
polāris
Gloss
polar
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambipolar English
- ambipolarity English
- antibipolar English
- antipolar English
- antipolaron English
- apolar English
- apolarly English
- autopolar English
- bipolar English
- bipolarism English
- bipolarist English
- bipolarly English
- bipolaron English
- circumpolar English
- contrapolar English
- copolar English
- decapolar English
- dipolar English
- dipolarophile English
- electropolar English
- epipolar English
- equipolar English
- extrapolar English
- frontopolar English
- heteropolar English
- hexadecapolar English
- hexapolar English
- homopolar English
- interpolar English
- intrapolar English
- intrapolaron English
- isopolar English
- magnetopolaron English
- microbipolar English
- micropolar English
- monopolar English
- monopolarly English
- multipolar English
- multipolaron English
- nonbipolar English
- noncircumpolar English
- nondipolar English
- nonpolar English
- nonpolarly English
- octapolar English
- octopolar English
- omnipolar English
- peripolar English
- polar wolf English
- polariscope English
- polariscopic English
- polarly English
- polaron English
- polaronic English
- polaroplast English
- polarward English
- pseudobipolar English
- pseudomonopolar English
- pseudounipolar English
- quadripolar English
- quasitripolar English
- semipolar English
- spectropolariscope English
- subpolar English
- telepolariscope English
- temporopolar English
- tetrapolar English
- thermomicropolar English
- transpolar English
- tripolar English
- unipolar English
- unipolarity English
- unipolarly English
- wolf English
- circumpolaris Latin
- polāris Latin
- polare Italian
- полярный Russian
- polarny Polish
- polar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wolf
- apolar
- bipolar
- polarly
- dipolar
- copolar
- polaron
- nonpolar
- epipolar
- isopolar
- tripolar
- unipolar
- subpolar
- apolarly
- monopolar
- homopolar
- antipolar
- semipolar
- decapolar
- peripolar
- omnipolar
- polarward
- bipolaron
- ambipolar
- polaronic
- bipolarly
- hexapolar
- equipolar
- autopolar
- octopolar
- octapolar
- nonpolarly
- unipolarly
- transpolar
- polar wolf
- intrapolar
- interpolar
- tetrapolar
- nonbipolar
- extrapolar
- nondipolar
- multipolar
- bipolarism
- bipolarist
- micropolar
- antipolaron
- contrapolar
- circumpolar
- polariscope
- polaroplast
- monopolarly
- unipolarity
- heteropolar
- frontopolar
- antibipolar
- quadripolar
- microbipolar
- temporopolar
- electropolar
- ambipolarity
- multipolaron
- polariscopic
- intrapolaron
- dipolarophile
- quasitripolar
- hexadecapolar
- pseudobipolar
- pseudounipolar
- noncircumpolar
- magnetopolaron
- telepolariscope
- pseudomonopolar
- thermomicropolar
- spectropolariscope