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polarity

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polarity

(1) The direction of charged particles, which may determine the binary status of a bit.

(2) In micrographics, the change in the light to dark relationship of an image when copies are made. Positive polarity is dark characters on a light background; negative polarity is light characters on a dark background.


polarity
the condition of a body or system in which it has opposing physical properties at different points, esp magnetic poles or electric charge


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It was perceptible, even there, in the dark old parlor, in the inevitable polarity with which his eyes were attracted towards the quivering play of sunbeams through the shadowy foliage.
The magnetism which arranges tribes and races in one polarity is alone to be respected; the men are steel- filings.
 
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