Polarity
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Polarity may refer to:
- Polarity, a concept in international relations describing the distribution of power within the international system
- Polarity, a calculus of physical alignment of atoms
- Polarity, a concept in proof theory
- Polarity, a magnetic, three dimensional, black and white game. Invented by Douglas Seaton. 1985.
- Chemical polarity, a concept in chemistry dealing with the sharing of electrons between atoms.
- Orthogonal polarity, a concept in algebraic geometry.
- Polarization, a property of light and other electromagnetic waves
- 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 therapy, an alternative medicine system
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