Antonyms for polarity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-lar-i-tee, puh-
Phonetic Transcription : poʊˈlær ɪ ti, pə-


Definition of polarity

Origin :
  • 1640s, originally of magnets, from polar + -ity.
  • noun opposition
Example sentences :
  • But you said the polarity couldn't be that of a magnet; then what?
  • Extract from : « Disowned » by Victor Endersby
  • If so, it was by a reversal of polarity through an act of will.
  • Extract from : « Disowned » by Victor Endersby
  • His polarity had changed: his electricity was no longer negative, but positive.
  • Extract from : « A Summer Evening's Dream » by Edward Bellamy
  • But if this be the case, how are we to conceive the physical mechanism of this polarity?
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • The polarity of magnetism and electricity also appealed to the senses.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • The state of a compass needle, the polarity of which has been injured.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Once over it, I expected to reverse my polarity and fall on the moon.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various
  • Its polarity depends on the direction in which the current flows.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • Is there one of us able to formularize the polarity of light?
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • The polarity and variation of the needle come under our present head.
  • Extract from : « Novum Organum » by Francis Bacon

Synonyms for polarity

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