polar

adjective

1. 1

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: 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.

2. 2

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

3. 3

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Having a dipole; ionic.

4. 4

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.

5. 5

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

6. 6

   Of or having a pole or polarity, as: 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.

   polar viewpoints

noun

1. 1

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

Forms

plural

polars