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1. A relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
   "he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil"
   - mutual opposition
    
2. Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
   "he got the polarity of the battery reversed"
   - sign

Derived forms: polarities

See also: polar

Type of: oppositeness, opposition

Encyclopedia: Polarity