POLAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does polar mean?
• POLAR (adjective)
The adjective POLAR has 6 senses:
1. having a pair of equal and opposite charges
2. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
3. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
4. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
5. extremely cold
6. being of crucial importance
Familiarity information: POLAR used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• POLAR (adjective)
Meaning:
Having a pair of equal and opposite charges
Similar:
charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)
Meaning:
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Synonyms:
polar; diametrical; diametric; opposite
Context examples:
in diametric contradiction to his claims / diametrical (or opposite) points of view / opposite meanings / extreme and indefensible polar positions
Similar:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Meaning:
Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
polar diameter / polar zone / a polar air mass / Antarctica is the only polar continent
Pertainym:
pole (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface)
Meaning:
Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
Context example:
polar regions
Similar:
circumpolar (located or found throughout a polar region)
Arctic; north-polar (at or near the north pole)
Antarctic; south-polar (at or near the south pole)
Antonym:
equatorial (of or existing at or near the geographic equator)
Meaning:
Extremely cold
Synonyms:
gelid; icy; frigid; glacial; arctic; polar
Context examples:
an arctic climate / a frigid day / gelid waters of the North Atlantic / glacial winds / icy hands / polar weather
Similar:
cold (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Meaning:
Being of crucial importance
Synonyms:
pivotal; polar
Context examples:
a pivotal event / Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions / the polar events of this study / a polar principal
Similar:
crucial; important (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis)
