ääripää — meaning in English

English meaning

• extremity noun The furthest or outermost point of something.
• polarity noun The property of having two opposite poles or charges, such as positive and negative in electricity or north and south in magnetism.

Senses

ääripää is used for these senses in English:

• extremity The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400]
• polarity Either of the two extremes of such attributes.

extremity — full definition

1. noun The furthest or outermost point of something.
2. noun A hand, foot, or limb of the body.
3. noun A situation of extreme difficulty or urgency; a drastic measure.

polarity — full definition

1. noun The property of having two opposite poles or charges, such as positive and negative in electricity or north and south in magnetism.
2. noun A sharp division between two directly opposed groups, opinions or tendencies.
3. noun In chemistry, the uneven distribution of electrical charge across a molecule, which determines how it dissolves and bonds.

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