Polar may refer to:

Geography

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Geographical pole A geographical pole or geographic pole is either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface. The North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean while the South Pole is in Antarctica. North and South poles are also define ...

, 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 polar climate regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers but with varying winters. Every month in a polar climate has an average temperature of less than . Regions with polar climate cover more than 20% of the Earth's area. Most of ...

, the climate common in polar regions * Polar regions of Earth, locations within the polar circles, referred to as the Arctic and Antarctic

Places

Polar, Wisconsin Polar is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 984 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Polar is located in the town. Geography The town of Polar is in southern Langlade County, partly bordered to ...

, town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States **

Polar (community), Wisconsin Polar is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in the town of Polar, Wisconsin, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. Polar is located on Wisconsin Highway 64 east-northeast of Antigo, Wi ...

, unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States

People

Polar (musician) Kjetil Dale Sagstad, better known by his stage name Polar or K, is a Norwegian electronic music artist. He is originally from Meland in Norway, and grew up with his former musical partner Teebee. Together he started Subtitles Recordings, which ...

, Norwegian electronic music producer

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

Labels and studios

Polar Music Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity pr ...

, a record label * Polar Studios, music studio of ABBA in Sweden

Albums

* ''Polar'' (album), second album by the High Water Marks * ''Polars'' (album), an album by the Dutch metal band, Textures

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

* Polar Air Cargo, an American airline * Polar Airlines, a Russian airline *

Polar Beverages Polar Beverages is a soft drink company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a manufacturer and distributor of sparkling fruit beverages, Carbonated water, seltzer, ginger ale, drink mixers, and spring water to customers in the United States. ...

, an American soft drink company *

Polar Electro Polar Electro Oy (globally known as Polar) is a manufacturer of sports training computers, particularly known for developing the world's first wireless heart rate monitor. The company is based in Kempele, Finland and was founded in 1977. Polar h ...

, a Finnish manufacturer of sports training computers *

Sisu Polar Sisu Polar is a truck model series produced by the Finnish heavy vehicle producer Sisu Auto. It came into the market in 2011 and the main applications are earthmovers, logging trucks, road maintenance vehicles, mobile cranes and heavy machiner ...

, a truck model series produced by the Finnish heavy vehicle producer Sisu Auto

Linguistics

* Grammatical polarity, a grammatical category of affirmative vs. negative *

Polar question 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 cli ...

, a question that can be answered ''yes'' or ''no''

Mathematics

* Polar point group, a symmetry in geometry and crystallography * Pole and polar (a point and a line), a construction in geometry ** Polar cone **

Polar coordinate system In mathematics, the polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a reference point and an angle from a reference direction. The reference point (analogous to the or ...

, uses a central point and angles ** Polar curve (a point and a curve), a generalization of a point and a line ** Polar set, with respect to a bilinear pairing of vector spaces

Science and technology

Polar (star) In astronomy, a polar is a highly magnetic type of cataclysmic variable (CV) binary star system, originally known as an AM Herculis star after the prototype member AM Herculis. Like other CVs, polars contain two stars: an accreting white dwarf ...

, a strongly magnetic cataclysmic variable star system * Polar (satellite), a satellite launched by NASA in 1996 *

Chemical polarity In chemistry, polarity is a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end. Polar molecules must contain one or more polar ...

, 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 polar organelle is a structure at a specialised region of the bacterial polar membrane that is associated with the flagellar apparatus. This flagellum-associated structure can easily be distinguished from the other membrane regions in ultrathi ...

, a specialised region of the cell membrane found surrounding the flagella base(s) in some bacteria *

Polar overdominance Polar overdominance is a unique form of inheritance originally described in livestock, with relevant examples in humans and mice being discovered shortly after. The term polar is used to describe this type of overdominance because the phenotype of ...

a form of genetic mutation