Polar may refer to:

Geography

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 defined ...

, either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface **

Polar climate The polar climate regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers but with varying winters. Every month a polar climate has an average temperature of less than . Regions with a 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, town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States ** Polar (community), Wisconsin, unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States

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 * ''Polar'', a 2002 novel by T. R. Pearson

Music

* Polar Music, a record label * Polar Studios, music studio of ABBA in Sweden * ''Polar'' (album), second album by the High Water Marks * ''Polars'' (album), an album by the Dutch metal band, Textures

Brands and enterprises

* Polar Air Cargo, an American airline * Polar Airlines, a Russian airline * Polar Beverages, an American soft drink company * Polar Electro, a Finnish manufacturer of sports training computers * Sisu Polar, 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, a question that can be answered ''yes'' or ''no''

Mathematics

* Polar point group, a symmetry in geometry and crystallography *

Pole and polar In geometry, a pole and polar are respectively a point and a line that have a unique reciprocal relationship with respect to a given conic section. Polar reciprocation in a given circle is the transformation of each point in the plane into i ...

(a point and a line), a construction in geometry ** Polar cone **

Polar coordinate system In mathematics, the polar coordinate system specifies a given point in a plane by using a distance and an angle as its two coordinates. These are *the point's distance from a reference point called the ''pole'', and *the point's direction from ...

, uses a central point and angles ** Polar curve (a point and a curve), a generalization of a point and a line **

Polar set In functional and convex analysis, and related disciplines of mathematics, the polar set A^ is a special convex set associated to any subset A of a vector space X, lying in the dual space X^. The bipolar of a subset is the polar of A^\circ, but ...

, with respect to a bilinear pairing of vector spaces

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) The drag curve or drag polar is the relationship between the Drag (physics)#Aerodynamics, drag on an aircraft and other variables, such as lift, the coefficient of lift, angle-of-attack or speed. It may be described by an equation or displayed as a ...

, 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

Other uses

* Polar (musician), Norwegian electronic music producer