polar
adjective / noun
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or having a pole or polarity, as: Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. Having a dipole; ionic. Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle. Having but two possible answers, yes and no. Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
Example:
polar viewpoints
- nounThe line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
- adjectiveOf, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #686 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 87% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None