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POLARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
Example:
he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("polarity" is a kind of...):
oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)
Derivation:
polar (characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
Example:
charges of opposite sign
Synonyms:
polarity; sign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("polarity" is a kind of...):
oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polarity"):
positiveness; positivity (the character of the positive electric pole)
negativeness; negativity (the character of the negative electric pole)
Derivation:
polar (having a pair of equal and opposite charges)
Context examples:
Every several hundred thousand years, the magnetic field dramatically shifts and reverses its polarity.
(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)
This protein may be involved in olfactory neuron polarity and fasciculation.
(Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Cell-cell adherens junctions (AJs), the most common type of intercellular adhesions, are important for maintaining tissue architecture and cell polarity and can limit cell movement and proliferation.
(Adherens Junction Assembly Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A non-invasive pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that exhibit loss of polarity, nuclear stratification, hyperchromasia, and pleomorphism.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Moderate cytological atypia is present with some loss of nuclear polarity, nuclear crowding or hyperchromatism.
(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-2, NCI Thesaurus)
Conjugation reactions greatly enhance polarity of xenobiotics or their metabolites, thereby facilitate their elimination from the body.
(Phase II Enzymes Inducer, NCI Thesaurus)
The basaloid cells exhibit nuclear pleomorphism, hyperchromasia, and loss of polarity.
(Penile Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
The Drosophila patched-hedgehog signaling pathway establishes segment polarity and anterior-posterior orientation.
(Patched Homolog 2, NCI Thesaurus)
These lesions must have some nuclear abnormalities including some loss of polarity, nuclear crowding, enlarged nuclei, pseudo-stratification and hyperchromatism.
(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-2, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A non-invasive pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that exhibit nuclear stratification, loss of polarity, and crowding.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with Intermediate Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
