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polar
adj. of the North and South Poles; opposed; of the poles, of the extremities


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Polar
Polar may refer to:Polar Electro, a Finnish manufacturer of heart rate monitorsPolar Air Cargo, a logistics companyPolar (artist), a Norwegian electronic music artistEmpresas Polar, a brewery in VenezuelaPolar Beverages, an independent soft drink bottling company based in Worcester, MassachusettsPolar Race, the first organised team Polar race to the Magnetic North PolePolar Challenge, a team Polar race to the Magnetic North PolePolar (satellite), a satellite launched by NASA in 1996. The Polar Express, a 1985 children's book adapted as a feature film in 2004The Polar Express (film), a 2004 film based upon the children's book of the same namePolar (album), the second album by The High Water MarksPolar Studios, once one of the most famous recording studios in ScandinaviaPolar Medal, a medal awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom for exploration and scientific endeavour at the North or South PolePolar Music, a Swedish record company founded in 1963 Polar Music Prize, an international music prize founded 1989 awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of MusicOrder of the Polar Star (Swedish Nordstjärneorden), a Swedish Royal order of chivalryPolar Star (novel), a 1989 crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in the Soviet Union in the late 1980sPOLAR II, a pedestrian test dummy created by Honda, used to study how pedestrians injuries in road traffic accidentsPolar Wrocław, a Polish football club based in Wrocław, PolandPolarity in international relations, a description of the distribution of power within the international system
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polar
Adjective
1. having a pair of equal and opposite charges
(similar) charged
2. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
(synonym) diametric, diametrical, opposite
(similar) different
3. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
(pertainym) pole
4. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"
(antonym) equatorial
(similar) circumpolar
5. extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
(synonym) arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy
(similar) cold
6. being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"
(synonym) pivotal
(similar) crucial, important


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adj. polar, of the North and South Poles; opposed; of the poles, of the extremities

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adj. polar, of the North and South Poles; opposed; of the poles, of the extremities

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