polar
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• adjective
Relating to the North or South Pole, or the cold geographical regions surrounding them.
"Melting ice caps in the polar regions have become a central focus of global climate research."
Directly opposite in character, tendency, or opinion.
"Although the two sisters are polar opposites in temperament, they remain remarkably close friends."
Having an electrical or magnetic field, or having a separation of positive and negative electric charges within a molecule.
"Water is a polar molecule, which allows it to dissolve a wide variety of ionic compounds."
• noun
In projective geometry, the straight line joining the points of contact of the tangents drawn from a given point (the pole) to a conic section.
"The mathematician demonstrated how every point in the plane corresponds to a unique polar with respect to the given ellipse."
A strongly magnetic cataclysmic variable star system consisting of a white dwarf and a companion star whose rotation is synchronized with its orbit.
"Observations from the space telescope revealed intense X-ray emissions originating from a distant polar."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Medieval Latin polaris ('relating to the poles'), derived from Latin polus ('end of an axis'), which comes from Ancient Greek polos ('pivot, axis, sky').