Polarity

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Polarity may refer to:

In science:

• Polarity (mutual inductance)
• Polarity (physics), a physical alignment of atoms
• Cell polarity, differences in the shape, structure, and function of cells
• Chemical polarity, a concept in chemistry which describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms
• Polar reciprocation, a concept in geometry also known as polarity
• Electrical polarity
• Polarity in embryogenesis

In other fields:

• Polarity in international relations, a description of the distribution of power within the international system
• Polarity item, the sensitiveness of some expression to negative or affirmative contexts (linguistics)
• Grammatical polarity, the distinction of affirmative and negative

Commercial products:

• Polarity (game), a board game
• Polarity (The Wedding album)
• Polarity (Decrepit Birth album)

See also

• Dualism, a state of two parts
• Geomagnetic reversals
• Polarization (disambiguation)
• Symmetric bilinear form - section on orthogonal polarities