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polar

adjective

  1. refering to the poles of a spheroid
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.lə/ / /ˈpoʊlɚ/ / [ˈpɔːlɝ]

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.

  1. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

    After all, to go into outer space is not so much worse, if at all, than a polar expedition.

  2. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
  3. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
  4. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
  5. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:
  6. Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

    polar viewpoints

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.

  1. The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
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