polarity

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æɹɪti

Noun

polarity (countable and uncountable, plural polarities)

The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
(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.
(grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative.
(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

Romanian: polaritate (ro) f
Russian: поля́рность (ru) f (poljárnostʹ)
Swedish: polaritet (sv) c

one of two extremes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 極性 (zh), 极性 (zh) (jíxìng)
Finnish: ääripää (fi), napa (fi)
French: polarité (fr) f
German: Polarität (de) f

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 (zh), 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)

Malay:
Maori: tōranga, pitoruatanga
Portuguese: polaridade f
Romanian: polaritate (ro) f
Russian: поля́рность (ru) f (poljárnostʹ)
Tagalog: kataluktukan

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

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