[po.lar.i.ty] n, pl -ties (1646) 1: 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
2: attraction toward a particular object or in a specific direction
3: the particular state either positive or negative with reference to the two poles or to electrification
4. a: diametrical opposition b: an instance of such opposition