Relationships Related Term:  negative positive n. ~ Photography, Micrographics · The tonal values of an image relative to the original. Notes:  Polarity indicates whether an image is a positive or a n [..]

The nature of the positive and negative portions of the seismic wavelet, the positive and negative aspects of electrical equipment, or the north and south orientations of magnets and the Earth's [..]

A property associated with molecules when the center of positive charge and the center of negative charge don't coincide. See also polar molecule and polar bond.

1640s, originally of magnets, from polar + -ity.

property of having or being attracted to poles, such as positive and negative electrical charges.

Polarity refers to a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole. Molecular polarity is dependent on the difference in electronegativity betwee [..]

attraction toward a particular object or in a specific direction. Click for citation

A Term used to describe the orientation of a differential voltage.

In electricity, the quality of having two oppositely charged poles, one positive and one negative.

Polarity decribes the orientation of the positive and negative connections of an audio signal.

In systematics, the ordering of alternative states of a taxonomic character from ancestral to successively derived conditions in an evolutionary transformation series. In developmental biology, the tendency for the axis of an ovum to orient corresponding to the axis of the mother. Also, condition of having opposite poles; differential distribution [..]

Polarity is a grammatical category that distinguishes affirmative and negative.

The relationship of the colors or tones of a photographic image to those of the actual object or scene captured on film--positive if the image reflects the original, negative if the colors/tones are r [..]

A term referring to the direction of electron flow, and the condition that creates it. A polar, or polarized circuit, usually has ground as the negative (-) reference point in the circuit. The positive side (+) of the circuit is based on the reference to ground, as in the poles of a battery. There is a positive side and a negative side. See reverse [..]

The characteristic of a particular pole at a particular location of a permanent magnet. Differentiates the North from the South Pole.

Sometimes referred to as Polarisation. This allows broadcasters to transmit more channels from each satellite by means of transmitting sets of frequencies using either linear - horizontal and vertical or circular - left hand and right hand polarisations.

A condition which has two states (in or out) and is usually described in one of three ways: 1. Acoustical to electrical (microphone): Positive pressure at diaphragm produces positive voltage at pin 2 [..]

(n) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies(n) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

 - 1) The electrical Term used to denote the voltage relationship to a reference potential (+). 2) With regard to Transformers, Polarity is the indication of the direction of the current flow through the high voltage terminals with respect to the direction of current flow through the low voltage teminals.

the property of a device which means that it has a positive terminal and a negative terminal. For an active device such as a battery, the positive terminal has the higher potential. For a passive device, such as a meter, the positive terminal must be connected to a point in the circuit which has a higher potential than the point where you connect t [..]

Distinguishing one conductor or terminal from another. Identifying how devices are to be connected, such as + or -.

A ionic molecular binding connects atoms A characterized by a number of free positions in their valence shell with atoms B which have the number of valence electrons exactly fitting to the spare positions of atom A. For connecting both atoms the superfluous electrons of atom B migrate to the spare positions af A. So A and B are no more charged neut [..]

direction of current flow.

Presence of functional and/or structural differences in distinct regions of a cell or cellular component.

     For electrical charge, the indication of a charge as either positive (+) or negative (-).  Voltage at a point would be indicated as being either positive or negative with respect to some other point.  For magnetic poles, the indication as either north or south.

A term used on Pinpoint products to denote the direction of measurement values for a given motion. Typically, if a laser reference beam moves across a receiver surface from a zero location in an upwards direction the measuring values will be positive and increasing. A change in the polarity setting will reverse this or provide options to move the z [..]

Indicating positive or negative electrical system; positive polarity indicates positive ground and vice-versa.

Distinguishing one conductor or terminal from another. Identifying the positive conductor from the negative conductor or terminal.

A particular state either positive (+) or negative (-) with respect to some other state, often ground.

 Refers to the charges residing at the terminals of a battery.

Polarity is the electrical condition of positive or negative charge.

When applied to solvents, this rather ill-defined term covers their overall solvation capability (solvation power) for solutes (i.e. in chemical equilibria: reactants and products; in reaction rates: reactants and activated complex; in light absorptions: ions or molecules in the ground and excited state), which in turn depends on the action of all [..]

 - Refers to the charges residing at the terminals of a battery.

Indicates the type of synchronizing signal, as shown below. Negative polarity/Positive polarity

in phylogenetic cladistics this refers to the ordering of a particular character state, determined either independently of tree construction (direct method) or more usually from a rooted tree (indirect method) (Michael D. Crisp - Introductory glossary of cladistic terms) To quote Telford & Budd 2003 p.487: "In order for an analysis to be u [..]

Orientation of intracellular structures especially with respect to the apical and basolateral domains of the Plasma Membrane. Polarized Cells must direct Proteins from the Golgi Apparatus to the appro [..]

The property possessed by electrified bodies by which they exert opposite forces in opposite directions. The current in an electrical circuit passes from the positive to the negative pole. In welding, [..]

A term referring to a bacterial operon that codes for a polygenic mRNA. It is the phenomenon whereby certain nonsense mutations not only result in the loss of activity of the enzyme encoded by the gen [..]

    Evolutionary ordering of character states, determined either independently of tree construction (direct method) or more usually from a rooted phylogenetic tree (indirect method).

electrical orientation or direction. Electricity flows in one direction in a circuit, from (+) to (-). Due to this property, electrical circuits are said to be polarized. Electrical components with po [..]

Meaning directionality and referring either to an effect seen in only one direction from a point of origin or to the fact that linear entities (such as a single strand of DNA or RNA or a protein) have [..]

having a positive or negative charge.

the orientation of magnetic or electric fields. The polarity of the incoming audio signal determines the direction of movement of the speaker cone. Must be observed when wiring speakers, so that they [..]

1) The condition of being positive or negative with respect to some reference point or object. 2) The direction of flow of electricity either negative to positive or positive to negative. Matching pol [..]

The direction of current flow or magnetizing force.

The condition in an electrical circuit by which the direction of the flow of current can be determined. Usually applied to batteries and other direct voltage sources. Two opposite charges, one positiv [..]

The direction of current flow in a DC circuit. By convention, current flows from plus to minus. Electron flow is actually in the opposite direction.

Magnetically, opposite poles, north and south. In electricity, oppositely charged poles, positive and negative.

An electrical term expressed as negative or positive. Certain components of modern timing systems are polarity-sensitive while others such as communication subsystems are not.