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101polar — /poh leuhr/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the North or South Pole. 2. of or pertaining to the pole of any sphere, a magnet, an electric cell, etc. 3. opposite in character or action: The two have personalities that are polar. 4. capable of… …
102polarimeter — /poh leuh rim i teuhr/, n. Optics. 1. an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization. 2. a form of polariscope for measuring the angular rotation of the plane of… …
103Polaris — /poh lair is, lar , peuh /, n. 1. Astron. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper. 2. a two …
104polarity — /poh lar i tee, peuh /, n. 1. Physics. a. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. b. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a …
105polarization — /poh leuhr euh zay sheuhn/, n. 1. a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions. 2. Optics. a state, or the production of a state, in which rays of light or similar radiation exhibit different properties in different… …
106polarized — /poh leuh ruyzd /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a medium that exhibits polarization. 2. (of an electric plug or outlet) designed so that the plug and outlet fit together in only one way. [1920 25; POLARIZE + ED2] * * * …
107polarizer — /poh leuh ruy zeuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that polarizes. 2. Optics. a device, often a crystal or prism, that polarizes light. [1850 55; POLARIZE + ER1] * * * …
108polarogram — /poh lar euh gram /, n. the record produced by the action of a Polarograph. [1920 25; POLAR + O + GRAM1] * * * …
109Polarograph — /poh lar euh graf , grahf , peuh /, Trademark. a brand name for an instrument that automatically registers the current in electrolysis at a dropping mercury electrode. * * * …
110Polaroid — /poh leuh royd /, Trademark. 1. a brand of material for producing polarized light from unpolarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of a stretched sheet of colorless plastic treated with an iodine solution so as to have long, thin,… …
