what does polarity mean?
POLARITY as NOUN
- Meaning
- a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
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- he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil
Hypernyms(s) polarity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- he got the polarity of the battery reversed
- charges of opposite sign
Hypernyms(s) polarity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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