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The correct spelling is polar.
How to pronounce polar
noun
IPA: /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Pol-ar
The correct spelling is polar. The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
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Meanings
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.
- 5.Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
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