polar UK /ˈpəʊ.lə/US /ˈpoʊlɚ/adjective 7noun 1forms 1 adjective7 •Of or having a pole or polarity. •Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition. — 1900 •Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. •Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles. •Having a dipole; ionic. •Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle. •Having but two possible answers, yes and no. noun1 •The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line. formspolars
