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Polar   /pˈoʊlər/   Listen
Polar

adjective
1.
Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
2.
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.  Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, opposite.  "Diametrical (or opposite) points of view" , "Opposite meanings" , "Extreme and indefensible polar positions"
3.
Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles.  "Polar zone" , "A polar air mass" , "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
4.
Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles.  Antonym: equatorial.
5.
Extremely cold.  Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy.  "A frigid day" , "Gelid waters of the North Atlantic" , "Glacial winds" , "Icy hands" , "Polar weather"
6.
Being of crucial importance.  Synonym: pivotal.  "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions" , "The polar events of this study" , "A polar principal"



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"Polar" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lurks in the thicket of the tyrant's greatness, Ever prepar'd to sting who shelters him. Each thought, each action in himself converges; And love and friendship on his coward heart Shine like the powerless sun on polar ice: To all attach'd, by turns deserting all, Cunning ...
— Literary Remains (1) • Coleridge
... Nature, I renewed my old-time acquaintance with the natural wonders of the earth—the thundering cataracts, the stormy ocean shores, the lonely mountain tops, the great rivers, the glittering splendors of the polar regions, and the ...
— Equality • Edward Bellamy
... appear to come into existence 240 To impede other folks with their awkward assistance; If you set up a dunce on the very North pole All alone with himself, I believe, on my soul, He'd manage to get betwixt somebody's shins, And pitch him down bodily, all in his sins, To the grave polar bears sitting round on the ice, All shortening their grace, to be in for a slice; Or, if he found nobody else there to pother, Why, one of his legs would just trip up the other, For there's nothing we read of in torture's ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell • James Lowell
... over me. However, ought I to have been astonished at the answer? On March 22, the Nautilus was in the open polar seas. We were at 26 deg.. For five days we had lived on the reserve on board. And what was left of the respirable air must be kept for the workers. Even now, as I write, my recollection is still so vivid that an involuntary terror seizes me and my lungs seem to be without air. ...
— Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea • Jules Verne
... well!' replied the phlegmatic Englishman, and nothing on his polar face betokened ...
— The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe • Joseph Xavier Saintine


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