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Polar   /pˈoʊlər/   Listen
Polar

adjective
1.
Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
2.
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.  Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, opposite.  "Diametrical (or opposite) points of view" , "Opposite meanings" , "Extreme and indefensible polar positions"
3.
Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles.  "Polar zone" , "A polar air mass" , "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
4.
Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles.
5.
Extremely cold.  Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy.  "A frigid day" , "Gelid waters of the North Atlantic" , "Glacial winds" , "Icy hands" , "Polar weather"
6.
Being of crucial importance.  Synonym: pivotal.  "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions" , "The polar events of this study" , "A polar principal"



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"Polar" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nelson? Faith, by this time He may be sodden; churned in Biscay swirls; Or blown to polar bears by boreal gales; Or sleeping amorously in some calm cave On the Canaries' or Atlantis' shore Upon the bosom of his Dido dear, For all that we know! Never a sound of him Since passing Portland one September day— To make for ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy
... "Lovely weather—for polar bears. If the natives wade through this all winter it's no wonder they walk as if they are ham-strung. Don't bother getting me a ...
— Where There's A Will • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... Captain Millet after a moment's pause, while he glanced from the one to the other, "this beats the polar regions all to sticks and stivers. Rose, my dear, you go round the p'int, an' wait by the dog-cart ...
— Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman • R.M. Ballantyne
... of the City of London, Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson to the honorary freedom of the City. The setting star saluted the rising star. Nelson was then thirty-nine. He had been at sea since he was twelve. He had voyaged in polar seas and tropic waters. He had fought the Americans. He had fought the French. "Hate a Frenchman as you would the devil" was his simple-minded counsel of perfection. He had fought the Spaniards. He had lost an eye at Calvi. He had lost an arm at Santa Cruz. He was ten years married. His love, ...
— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy
... the poles of a planet to the plane of its orbit, determines its zones and also its seasons. The inclination of the earth's axis is twenty-three and one half degrees. This places the tropics the same distance each side of the equator, and the polar circles the same distance from the poles. The torrid zone is therefore forty-seven degrees wide, and the temperate zones each forty-three degrees wide. As the planets vary in their inclination of their axis to the planes of their ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various


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