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polar
1 a: of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it b: coming from or having the characteristics of such a region c
(1): passing over a celestial body's north and south poles <a satellite in a polar orbit>
(2): traveling in a polar orbit <a polar satellite>2: of or relating to one or more poles (as of a magnet)3: serving as a guide <a polar principle> <a polar theory>4: diametrically opposite <polar positions on the issue>5: exhibiting polarity
; especially : having a dipole or characterized by molecules having dipoles <a polar solvent>6: resembling a pole or axis around which all else revolves : pivotal <polar events>7: of, relating to, or expressed in polar coordinates <polar equations>
; also : of or relating to a polar coordinate system
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