a. See Polar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a polary manner; with polarity. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Polar + -meter. ] (Opt.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Opt.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Polar. ] (Astron.) The polestar. See North star, under North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Polar + -scope. ] (Opt.) An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Opt.) The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. polarité. ] 1. (Physics) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n. [ 1913 Webster ]