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say it: POH-lur
polar is an adjective meaning "having a pair of equal and opposite charges". It carries 6 recorded senses.
having a pair of equal and opposite charges
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
“in diametric contradiction to his claims”
“diametrical (or opposite) points of view”
“opposite meanings”
“extreme and indefensible polar positions”
located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
“polar diameter”
“polar zone”
“a polar air mass”
“Antarctica is the only polar continent”
of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
“polar regions”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for polar come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.