Clues for the word "POLARITY"
We've had 4 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 3 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Premier Sunday crossword on May 26, 2013.
Definition of polarity
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - May 26, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - March 15, 2013
- New York Times - May 30, 2004