polarity

noun polarities

1. countable, uncountable The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion.
2. countable, uncountable Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
3. countable, uncountable The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. ᵂᵖ
4. countable, uncountable The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ
5. countable, uncountable Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ
6. countable, uncountable A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ positive and negative polarity
7. countable, uncountable The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
8. countable, uncountable The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ
9. countable, uncountable A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ
10. countable, uncountable An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ
11. countable, uncountable Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ political polarity
12. countable, uncountable The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ
13. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of magnetic polarity
14. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of trilinear polarity