polariteetti — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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

polariteetti is used for these senses in English:

• polarity The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
• polarity (chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Wp

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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