Definition of Polarities

1. Noun. (plural of polarity) ¹

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Definition of Polarities

1. polarity [n] - See also: polarity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polarities

polarisations
polariscope
polariscopes
polariscopic
polariscopy
polarise
polarised
polarised light
polariser
polarisers
polarises
polarising
polarising microscope
polaristic
polarite
polarities
polariton
polaritonic
polaritonics
polaritons
polarity
polarity of translation
polarizabilities
polarizability
polarizable
polarization
polarization colours
polarization microscopy
polarizations
polarize

Literary usage of Polarities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History by William Whewell (1847)
"But at present we merely note this case as an additional example of the manifest connexion and fundamental identity of two co-existent polarities. 11. ..."

2. Projective Geometry by Linneaus Wayland Dowling (1917)
"The sections of all the orthogonal polarities in space by the ideal plane coincide in one and the same polarity in the ideal plane. ..."

3. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History by William Whewell (1847)
"But at present we merely note this case as an additional example of the manifest connexion and fundamental identity of two co-existent polarities. 11. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the second charge will reverse the more rapidly changing polarities, while the sign of the more sluggish will not be changed ; when, therefore, ..."

5. The Voltaic Accumulator: An Elementary Treatise. by Émile Reynier (1889)
"Secondary Polarities. — The respective polarities of the two conductors are indicated by the direction of the deflection: the electrodes which were ..."

6. Methods of Measuring Electrical Resistance by Edwin Fitch Northrup (1912)
"A Word on Polarities. — In Fig. 1108 let a line which carries a direct current i have introduced in it, in series, ..."

7. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"Simultaneously, corresponding changes occur in the polarities of each of the other hydrogen atoms or substituents, ..."

8. On Mr. Spencer's Unification of Knowledge by Malcolm Guthrie (1882)
"No ; for the crystalline structure is due to the chemical affinities, the simple polarities and shapes of the constituent molecules, whereas these are ..."

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