1. (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.

2. (n.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar.

Janus N pole S pole ambiguity ambivalence antagonism anteposition antipathy antithesis balance biformity bifurcation bilateral symmetry clashing collision conflict conformity confrontation confrontment congruity conjugation consistency contention contradiction contradistinction contraindication contraposition contrariety contrast correspondence counterposition cross-purposes dichotomy disagreement discrepancy doubleness doublethink doubling dualism duality duplexity duplication duplicity dynamic symmetry equality equilibrium equivocality eurythmics eurythmy evenness finish halving harmony hostility inconsistency inimicalness irony keeping magnetic axis magnetic pole multilateral symmetry negative pole north pole opposing oppositeness opposition opposure oppugnance oppugnancy pairing parallelism perversity polar opposition polarization pole posing against positive pole proportion proportionality regularity repugnance shapeliness showdown south pole symmetricalness symmetry trilateral symmetry twinning two-facedness twoness uniformity