Relations

Synonyms for polarity

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineRelations

having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

He got the polarity of the battery reversed.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

sign

Same sentence, swapped: He got the sign of the battery reversed.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for polarity as it is used in the sentence above.

inverse
antagonism
ambiguity

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Closest first: other relations words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

affinitynounkinshipa close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or characterRidgelineHas a reason line proportionnounratiothe relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degreeRidgeline extraneousadjectiveforeignnot belonging to that in which it is containedHigh Camp inversenounoppositesomething inverted in sequence or character or effectHigh CampHas a reason line oppositeadjectivepolarcharacterized by opposite extremesTreelineHas a reason line aptadjectivepertinentbeing of striking appropriateness and pertinenceRidgelineHas a reason line areanounfielda particular environment or walk of lifeFoothills2 senses armorynouninventorya collection of resourcesRidgeline

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