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Polar
/ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/
The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
📖 Definitions of "Polar"
noun
- 1
The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
adjective
- 1
Of or having a pole or polarity.
- 2
Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- 3
(space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- 4
Having a dipole; ionic.
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