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POLAR

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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.


English dictionary: Word details


POLAR (adjective)


Sense 1polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 3polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 4polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 5polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 6polar [BACK TO TOP]

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)


English Proverbs
"To kill two birds with one stone."
(English proverb)
"We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home."
(Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"Will take one to the water and bring him back thirsty."
(Armenian proverb)
"A fortune-teller would never be unhappy."
(Corsican proverb)


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