Look up: Polarity

1. Polarity
   The concept of equal, opposite energies. The Eastern Yin Yang is a perfect example. Yin is cold; yang is hot. Other examples Goddess/God, night/day, Moon/Sun, birth/death, dark/light, psychic mind/unconscious mind. Universal balance.
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2. Polarity
   Refers to the electronically lop-sided condition of a molecule that has one half more negative than the other half. A state or condition of having poles or possessing parts or regions of opposite or contrasting effects. Polar (hydrophobic) and apolor (hydrophilic) portions of a molecule may be present on a surfactant or a pesticide.
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3. polarity
   [n] - having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
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4. Polarity
   1) The condition of being positive or negative with respect to some reference point or object.
   2) The direction of flow of electricity either negative to positive or positive to negative. Matching polarity between different amplifiers can greatly reduce hum and the risk of elictrical shock. Most amps come equipped with a "polarity switch".
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5. Polarity
   The direction of current flow or magnetizing force.
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6. Polarity
   The positive or negative direction of an electrical, acoustical or magnetic force. Two identical signals in opposite polarity are 180 degrees apart at all frequencies. Polarity is not frequency dependent.
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7. polarity
   When applied to solvents, this rather ill-defined term covers their overall solvation capability (solvation power) for solutes (i.e. in chemical equilibria: reactants and products; in reaction rates: reactants and activated complex; in light absorptions: ions or molecules in the ground and excited state), which in turn depends on the action of all possible, nonspecific and specific, intermolecular interactions between solute ions or molecules and solvent molecules, exclu…
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8. polarity
   A property associated with molecules when the center of positive charge and the center of negative charge don't coincide. See also polar molecule and polar bond.
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9. Polarity
   The measure of an electrical charge on a molecule. Most flammable or combustible liquids are nonpolar. Many water soluble compounds, including alcohols and acetone, are polar
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10. Polarity
    Defines whether the output voltage of a DC power supply is “positive� or “negative� going with respect to its return
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11. Polarity
    If an individual initially notices (and looks for) the aspects that match and agree, he/she is called a positive responder. If the person initially notices (and looks for) the mismatch initially, and is on the lookout for what is wrong or what could go wrong, he/she is called a negative or polarity responder. If you say ‘yes’ a polarity responder w…
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12. Polarity
    In electricity, the quality of having two oppositely charged poles, one positive one negative.
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13. polarity
    a) the property or quality possessed by a physical system when two points within it have different characteristics; b) esp., the presence within the system of two opposite and contrasting states or kinds of state, as positive or negative electric charge, magnetic poles, etc., or the property possessed by a point or a set of points within such a system when it is in such a state Category: Electr…
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14. polarity
    Literally "having poles" (like a magnet), but used to describe cells that have one or more axes of symmetry. In epithelial cells, the polarity meant is between apical and basolateral regions; in moving cells, having a distinct front and rear. Some cells seem to show multiple axes of polarity (which will hinder forward movement).
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15. Polarity
    Po·lar"i·ty noun [ Confer French polarité .] 1. (Physics) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of …
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16. polarity
    <physics> Literally having poles (like a magnet), but used to describe cells that have one or more axes of symmetry. ... <cell biology> In epithelial cells, the polarity meant is between apical and baso lateral regions, in moving cells, having a distinct front and rear. Some cells seem to show multiple axes of polarity (which will hinder …
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17. polarity
    sign noun having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); `he got the polarity of the battery reversed`; `charges of opposite sign`
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18. Polarity
    `Polarity` may refer to: *`Polarity` (game), a board game *Chemical polarity, a concept in chemistry which describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms *Polarity in international relations, a description of the distribution of power within the international system *Polarity therapy, a form of alternative medicine developed by Randolph Stone *Orthogonal polarity, a symmetric bilinear form in algebraic geometry *Polarity item, t...
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19. polarity
    (po-lar´ĭ-te) the condition of having poles or of exhibiting opposite effects at the two extremities.
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20. Polarity
    • (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, t...
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21. polarity
    (from the article `regeneration`) Each living thing exhibits polarity, one example of which is the differentiation of an organism into a head, or forward part, and a tail, or hind ... ...in the eggs of different animals. In addition to yolk, eggs accumulate other components and acquire the structure necessary for the development of ... ...
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22. polarity
    (from the article `chemical bonding`) There are three main properties of chemical bonds that must be considered—namely, their strength, length, and polarity. The polarity of a bond is the ... ...latter of the carbonyl group, and it is this group that is responsible for the differences in properties, both physical and chemical. The ...
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23. polarity
    (from the article `geomagnetic field`) ...a magnet aligned with the planet`s rotation axis. The figure shows such a field for a bar magnet located at the centre of a sphere. If the sphere ... [2 related articles]
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24. polarity
    an indication of which poles or pole faces of a magnet are north poles or north pole faces and which are south poles or south pole faces
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25. Polarity
    As applied to electric circuits, polarity indicates which terminal is positive and which is negative. As applied to magnets, it indicates which pole is North and which pole is South.
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