polarity

n., pl., -ties.

1. Intrinsic polar separation, alignment, or orientation, especially of a physical property: magnetic polarity; ionic polarity.
2. An indicated polar extreme: an electric terminal with positive polarity.
3. The possession or manifestation of two opposing attributes, tendencies, or principles: political polarity.

(1) The direction of charged particles, which may determine the binary status of a bit.

(2) In micrographics, the change in the light to dark relationship of an image when copies are made. Positive polarity is dark characters on a light background; negative polarity is light characters on a dark background.

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noun

The condition of being in conflict: antagonism, antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, opposition. See support/oppose.

The condition of having poles or of exhibiting opposite effects at the two extremities.

• cell p. — a feature of epithelial cells which defines an apical surface facing the outside which is separated by a tight junction from the basolateral surface.

Term used to describe positive and negative charges.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - polaritet

Nederlands (Dutch)
polariteit

Français (French)
n. - polarité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Polung, Polarität

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσ.) πολικότητα

Italiano (Italian)
polarità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - polaridade (f)

Русский (Russian)
полярность, полная противоположность

Español (Spanish)
n. - polaridad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - polaritet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有两极, 极性, 磁性引力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 有兩極, 極性, 磁性引力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 양극을 가짐, 자성, 양극단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 両極性, 陽極性, 対立, 極性

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) القطبيه, الاستقطابيه, التناقض الكامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נטייה אל הצפון המגנטי, חיוביות או שליליות חשמלית של גוף, קיטוב, קוטביות, משיכה כמו-מגנטית אל אדם או דבר‬

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