Polarity
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Polarity may refer to:
- Polarization, a property of light and other electromagnetic waves
- Polarity (physics), physical alignment of atoms
- Chemical polarity, a concept in chemistry dealing with the sharing of electrons between atoms.
- Orthogonal polarity, a concept in algebraic geometry.
- Polarization (electrostatics), the vector field that results from permanent or induced electric dipole moments in a dielectric material
- In cell biology, cells not being point-symmetrical in their spatial organization. This is particularly evident for cells organized in single cell layers that separate organs or subcompartments in organisms.
- In horticulture, the condition in which cuttings grow shoots at the distil end (end of cutting nearest the tip of plant) and roots at the proximal end (end of cutting nearest the plant crown). A cutting could therefore be planted with correct or incorrect polarity.
- Polarity (power), a concept in international relations describing the distribution of power within the international system
- Polarity (game), a magnetic, three dimensional, black and white game. Invented by Douglas Seaton. 1985.
- Polarity therapy, an alternative medicine system
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