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es of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.

See Polyarchy.

See Polar. [R.]

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

An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.

The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

The polestar. See North star, under North.

An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.

The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.

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.

ite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

Susceptible of polarization.

The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.

To communicate polarity to.

That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Of or pertaining to the sale of books. "Bibliopolic difficulties." Carlyle.

Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.