anthropolatry | (noun) the worship of human beings | Synonyms: worship of man |
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bipolar | (adjective) having two poles | - |
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(adjective) of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions | - |
(adjective) of or relating to manic depressive illness | - |
chipolata | (noun) a small thin sausage | - |
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circumpolar | (adjective) located or found throughout a polar region | - |
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(adjective) (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel | - |
cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
depolarisation | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarization |
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depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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depolarization | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarisation |
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depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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dipolar | (adjective) having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance | - |
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extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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(verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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(noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
interpolate | (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | Synonyms: alter, falsify |
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(verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: extrapolate |
interpolation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interposition |
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(noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known | - |
(noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | Synonyms: insertion |
nonpolar | (adjective) not ionic | Synonyms: nonionic |
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polack | (noun) a person of Polish descent | - |
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polar | (adjective) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles | - |
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(adjective) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles | - |
(adjective) having a pair of equal and opposite charges | - |
(adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy |
(adjective) being of crucial importance | Synonyms: pivotal |
(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, opposite |
polarimeter | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polariscope |
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polarisation | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarization |
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(noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarization |
polariscope | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polarimeter |
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polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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(verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
(verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
polarity | (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: sign |
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(noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | Synonyms: mutual opposition |
polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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(noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
polarize | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarise |
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(verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarise |
(verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarise |
polarographic | (adjective) of or involving polarography | - |
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polarography | (noun) an electrochemical method of chemical analysis | - |
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scopolamine | (noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures | Synonyms: hyoscine |
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topolatry | (noun) the worship of places | Synonyms: place-worship |
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transpolar | (adjective) extending across or crossing either pole | - |
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unipolar | (adjective) having a single pole | - |
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