polar concepts

  • 1polar concepts — Concepts that gain their identity partly through their contrast with one another: seems/is, light/dark, physical/mental, individual/social, masculine/feminine, yin/yang, are possible examples. Philosophical problems arise if it is asked whether… …

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  • 2polar — [adj1] cold arctic, extreme, farthest, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy, north, south, terminal; concepts 583,605 Ant. tropic, tropical polar [adj2] opposite, opposed antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory,… …

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  • 3Polar coordinate system — Points in the polar coordinate system with pole O and polar axis L. In green, the point with radial coordinate 3 and angular coordinate 60 …

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  • 4Polar bear — This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Polar bear (disambiguation) …

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  • 5Pole and polar — In geometry, the terms pole and polar are used to describe a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section. If the point lies on the conic section, its polar is the tangent line to the conic… …

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  • 6Dual cone and polar cone — A set C and its dual cone C * …

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  • 7HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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  • 8Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft — Usually taken in tandem, these German terms generally refer to Ferdinand Tönnies s ‘community’ and ‘society’ couplet, although the latter is sometimes also translated as ‘association’ (see, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, 1887). According to… …

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  • 9KEDUSHAH — (Heb. קְדֻשָּׁה). The biblical term for holiness is kodesh; mishnaic Hebrew, kedushah, and that which is regarded as holy is called kadosh. Jewish exegetes, following early rabbinic interpretation (Sifra) of Leviticus 19:2: You shall be holy, for …

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