Synonyms for polarity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : poh-lar-i-tee, puh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : poʊˈlær ɪ ti, pə- |
Top 10 synonyms for polarity Other synonyms for the word polarity
- civil disobedience
- conflict
- confronting
- contention
- contest
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrariness
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- hostility
- negativism
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- struggle
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
Définition of polarity
Origin :- 1640s, originally of magnets, from polar + -ity.
- noun opposition
- 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
Antonyms for polarity
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