semipolar

adjective

semi·​polar

"+

: partly polar

—used especially of chemical bonds and structures regarded as possessing polarity associated with nonpolar covalence (as in an amine oxide R₃N⁺−O⁻)

Word History

Etymology

semi- + polar

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Rhymes for semipolar

• ambipolar
• areolar
• bronchiolar
• circumpolar
• equimolar
• monopolar
• multipolar
• nucleolar
• unipolar
• vacuolar
• arteriolar
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