polarity [pəˈlɛɹɪɾi]noun 14forms 1 noun14 •The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.The debate revealed the sharp polarity of opinion. •The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. ᵂᵖ •Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. ᵂᵖ •The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. ᵂᵖ •Ellipsis of magnetic polarity. •Either of the two extremes of such attributes. •A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖThe experiment tested the polarity of the electrical current. •Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. ᵂᵖ •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 •The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. ᵂᵖ •The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase. •An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. ᵂᵖ •A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. ᵂᵖ •Ellipsis of trilinear polarity. formspolarities