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Polar may refer to:
Geography
Polar may refer to:
Geographical pole , either of two fixed points on the surface of a rotating body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body rotates
Polar climate , the climate common in polar regions
Polar regions of Earth , locations within the polar circles, referred to as the Arctic and Antarctic
Places
People
Arts, entertainment and media
Music
Labels and studios
Albums
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
Polar (webcomic) , a webcomic and series of graphic novels by Víctor Santos
Polar (film) , a 2019 Netflix film adaption of the above comic series
Brands and enterprises
Linguistics
Mathematics
Science and technology
Polar (star) , a strongly magnetic cataclysmic variable star system
Polar (satellite) , a satellite launched by NASA in 1996
Chemical polarity , a concept in chemistry which describes how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms
POLAR III and POLAR II, a pedestrian test dummy created by Honda, used to study pedestrian injuries in road traffic accidents
Polar curve (aviation) , a diagram that depicts the gliding performance of an aircraft
Polar fleece , an insulating synthetic wool fabric
Polar organelle , a specialised region of the cell membrane found surrounding the flagella base(s) in some bacteria
Polar overdominance a form of genetic mutation
See also
Topics referred to by the same term