POLARITY

noun (plural -ties) Date: 1646 the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions ; the condition of having poles, attraction toward a particular object or in a specific direction, the particular state either positive or negative with reference to the two poles or to electrification, 4. diametrical opposition, an instance of such opposition