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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

po·lar / ˈpōlər/ • adj. 1. of or relating to the North or South Pole: the polar regions. ∎ (of an animal or plant) living in the north or south polar region. ∎ Astron. of or relating to the poles of a celestial body. ∎ Astron. of or relating to a celestial pole. ∎ Geom. of or relating to the poles of a sphere. See pole². ∎ Biol. of or relating to the poles of a cell, organ, or part. 2. Physics & Chem. having electrical or magnetic polarity. ∎ (of a liquid, esp. a solvent) consisting of molecules with a dipole moment. ∎ (of a solid) ionic. 3. directly opposite in character or tendency: depression and its polar opposite, mania. • n. 1. Geom. the straight line joining the two points at which tangents from a fixed point touch a conic section. 2. Astron. a variable binary star that emits strongly polarized light, one component being a strongly magnetic white dwarf.

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polar

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

polar See am herculis star; dq herculis star.

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polar

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

polar •beguiler, compiler, Delilah, filer, Isla, miler, reviler, smiler, styler, tiler, Tyler •idler •stifler, trifler •recycler • Kreisler • profiler •stockpiler • freestyler • Rottweiler •ayatollah, choler, collar, corolla, dollar, dolour (US dolor), Hezbollah, holler, scholar, squalor, wallah, Waller, white-collar •cobbler, gobbler •Doppler, poplar •ostler •brawler, caller, crawler, drawler, faller, forestaller, hauler, installer, mauler, Paula, stonewaller, trawler •warbler • dawdler • footballer •reed-warbler •fowler, growler, howler, prowler, scowler •Angola, barbola, bipolar, bowler, bronchiolar, canola, carambola, circumpolar, coaler, Coca-Cola, cola, comptroller, consoler, controller, Ebola, eidola, extoller, Finola, Gorgonzola, granola, Hispaniola, kola, Lola, lunisolar, mandola, molar, multipolar, Ndola, patroller, payola, pianola, polar, roller, Savonarola, scagliola, scroller, sola, solar, stroller, tombola, Tortola, troller, Vignola, viola, Zola •ogler •teetotaller (US teetotaler) •potholer • steamroller • logroller •roadroller •boiler, broiler, Euler, oiler, spoiler, toiler •potboiler

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