polarity
Example Sentences
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While earlier work had shown that individual electron spins could be manipulated with light, this study demonstrates switching the polarity of an entire ferromagnet at once.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
“The greater the polarity is, the union becomes even more powerful,” she explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
"It holds a mirror up to society and talks about the divisiveness in our culture and the fact that there's so much polarity."
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
"Cancer, however, wants to expand rapidly, escape the tissue of origin and invade other tissues so it eschews the structure of cell polarity in order to grow in an uncontrolled way."
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
When she stopped, it was as though some momentous change of polarity had taken place inside her mind, one that had an immediate, pacifying effect on her body.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
