polarity.

The orientation or condition of having opposed poles, especially positive and negative electrical terminals.

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Words that belong together

• electrical polarity
• reversed polarity

On the page

Reversed polarity damaged the control board.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common.