polarity
pronunciation
How to pronounce polarity in British English:
UK [pəˈlærəti]
How to pronounce polarity in American English:
US [poˈlærɪti,pə-]
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- Noun:
- a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
Word Origin
- polarity (n.)
- 1640s, originally of magnets, from polar + -ity.
Example
- 1. That reverses the polarity of the atom 's magnetic field and ejects it from the trap .
- 2. Yet , focusing on difference without holding the polarity creates what we can call drama .
- 3. Responding to a battery 's polarity , the atoms of one element would go thisaway , the atoms of another thataway .
- 4. Such is the nature of polarity .
- 5. You can do this to either the electromagnet or just to the 2 wires . Polarity isn 't important .