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How to pronounce polarity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mutual opposition
Type of opposition, oppositeness
Derivation polar


he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil.
Type Words
Synonyms sign
Type of opposition, oppositeness
Has types positivity, negativity, positiveness, negativeness
Derivation polar


he got the polarity of the battery reversed.

Examples of polarity

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There, an electromagnetic current is created by the polarity of the two systems.
From the newscientist.com
As a result, output polarity is inverted for sounds arriving from the back side.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The cover's hinge sticks to the iPad via a row of magnets of opposing polarity.
From the suntimes.com
This software plots the first motion polarity data arrived at different stations.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is arbitrary which polarity is called positive and which is called negative.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This is determined by the polarity of the voltage on the highly-curved electrode.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Polarity reversals of Earth's magnetic field take a few thousand years to happen.
From the guardian.co.uk
While quenching it was oriented in the Earth's field to get the desired polarity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Far from having a relentless white-to-black polarity, racism is multidirectional.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Mutual opposition: a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies; "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"
  • Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign"
  • (polar) having a pair of equal and opposite charges
  • (polar) diametric: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
  • (polar) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
  • (polar) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"
  • Polarity is the second release from American punk rock band, The Wedding. Polarity was released on April 17, 2007. The new album showed a drastic change, vocally and musically, from the band's debut album. ...
  • In chemistry, polarity refers to a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule having an electric dipole. ...
  • Polarity is the 3rd studio album by the American death metal band Decrepit Birth. A music video for the song "The Resonance" was filmed, and is the band's first music video. The music video was directed by Ann Christin "Anki"Rihm. The album art work for Polarity was made by Dan Seagrave. ...