polar
adjective/ˈpəʊlə(r)/
/ˈpəʊlər/
[only before noun]- connected with, or near the North or South Pole
- the polar regions
- polar ice
- polar explorers
- (specialist) connected with the poles (= the positive and negative ends) of a magnet
- polar attraction
- (formal) used to describe something that is the complete opposite of something else
- The parents' position is often the polar opposite of the child's.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin polaris ‘heavenly’, from Latin polus ‘end of an axis’, from Greek polos ‘pivot, axis, sky’.
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