Dictionary Definition
polar adj
1 having a pair of equal and opposite
charges
2 characterized by opposite extremes; completely
opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical
(or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and
indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, diametrical, opposite]
3 located at or near or coming from the earth's
poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass";
"Antarctica is the only polar continent"
4 of or existing at or near a geographical pole
or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions" [ant:
equatorial]
5 extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid
day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy
hands"; "polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy]
6 being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event";
"Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"-
Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar
principal" [syn: pivotal]
User Contributed Dictionary
Adjective
- of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)
- of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles
- having a dipole; ionic
- of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle
Translations
relating to a geographic pole
- Finnish: napa-, napaseudun, napaseutu-
- German: polar
of an orbit passing near a geographic pole
- German: polar
of a certain coordinate system
German
Adjective
Spanish
Adjective
Extensive Definition
Polar may refer to:
As a noun:
- Cervecería Polar, C.A., Venezuelan brewery and beer
- Polar (artist), Norwegian electronic music artist
- Polar (satellite), satellite launched by NASA in 1996.
- Polar (album), second album by The High Water Marks
- Polar (cataclysmic variable), strongly magnetic cataclysmic variable star system
- POLAR II, pedestrian test dummy created by Honda, used to study how pedestrians injuries in road traffic accidents
- Polar, Wisconsin, town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States
- Polar Beverages, a beverage producer and distributor
- Polar Electro, Finnish heart rate monitor manufacturer
As an adjective:
- Pertaining to the geographical pole, either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins
- Pertaining to the polar region, region within the polar circles, referred to as the Arctic and Antarctic
- Pertaining to chemical polarity, concept in chemistry which describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms
- Pertaining to a polar coordinate system
polar in German: Polar
polar in French: Polaire
polar in Norwegian Nynorsk: polar
polar in Norwegian: polar
polar in Finnish: Polar
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Antarctic, Arctic, Siberian, antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antithetical, boundary, brumal, caudal, conclusive, confronting, contradictory, contrapositive, contrary, converse, counter, definitive, determinative, diamagnetic, diametric, electromagnetic,
endmost, eventual, extreme, eyeball-to-eyeball,
facing, farthest, ferromagnetic, final, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, hibernal, hostile, hyperborean, icy, inverse, last, limiting, magnetic, numbing, obverse, opposed, opposing, opposite, polaric, polarized, reverse, tail, terminal, terminating, terminative, ultimate, wintry