English-Thai Dictionary

polarity

N คุณ สมบัติ ของ การ มี ขั้ว หรือ มีผล ตรงข้าม ที่ ปลาย ทั้งสอง  duality kun-na-som-bud-kong-kan-me-kua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POLARITY

n.That quality of a body in virtue of which peculiar properties reside in certain points; usually, as in electrified or magnetized bodies, properties of attraction or repulsion, or the power of taking a certain direction. Thus we speak of the polarity of the magnet or magnetic needle, whose pole is not always that of the earth, but a point somewhat easterly or westerly; and the deviation of the needle from a north and south line is called its variation. A mineral is said to possess polarity, when it attracts one pole of a magnetic needle and repels the other.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLARITY

Po *lar "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. polarité.]

 

1. (Physics )

 

Defn: That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

polarity

po lar i ty |pōˈlaritē, pə -pəˈlɛrədi | ▶noun ( pl. polarities ) the property of having poles or being polar: it exhibits polarity when presented to a magnetic needle. • the relative orientation of poles; the direction of a magnetic or electric field: the magnetic field peaks in strength immediately after switching polarity. • the state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects: the polarity between male and female | the Cold War's neat polarities can hardly be carried on. • Biology the tendency of living organisms or parts to develop with distinct anterior and posterior (or uppermost and lowermost ) ends, or to grow or orient in a particular direction.

 

polarity therapy

po lar i ty ther a py ▶noun a system of treatment used in alternative medicine, intended to restore a balanced distribution of the body's energy, and incorporating manipulation, exercise, and dietary restrictions.

 

Oxford Dictionary

polarity

po ¦lar |ity |pə (ʊ )ˈlarɪti | ▶noun ( pl. polarities ) [ mass noun ] the property of having poles or being polar: it exhibits polarity when presented to a magnetic needle. • the relative orientation of poles; the direction of a magnetic or electric field. • the state of having two opposite or contradictory tendencies, opinions, or aspects: the polarity between male and female | [ count noun ] : the Cold War's neat polarities can hardly be carried on. • Biology the tendency of living organisms or parts to develop with distinct anterior and posterior (or uppermost and lowermost ) ends, or to grow or orientate in a particular direction.

 

polarity therapy

po ¦lar |ity ther |apy ▶noun [ mass noun ] a system of treatment used in alternative medicine, intended to restore a balanced distribution of the body's energy, and incorporating manipulation, exercise, and dietary restrictions.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

polarity

polarity noun the marked polarity of their political positions: difference, dichotomy, separation, opposition, contradiction, antithesis, antagonism.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

polarity

polarity noun the polarity between social and biological explanations: difference, separation, opposition, contradiction, contradictoriness, antithesis, duality, antagonism, conflict, dichotomy; rare contrariety, antonymy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

polarity

po lar i ty /poʊlǽrəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U C 〘物理 〙(磁石などの )極性 (を有すること ), 両極性 .2 U 〖時にa ～〗(性格 思想などの )正反対, 両極端, 対立 ; 矛盾性 .