polarityspecific
Polarityspecific is an adjective used to describe phenomena, effects, or responses that depend on polarity—the sign or direction of a vector, field, or orientation. In discourse across sciences, polarityspecific indicates that an outcome occurs only for one polarity and may reverse, vanish, or change magnitude under the opposite polarity.
Etymology and usage: The term is a portmanteau of polarity and specific, employed to describe polarity-dependent
Domains and examples: In electrochemistry and electrostatics, many processes are polarity-specific; the sign of the applied
Limitations: The phrase polarityspecific is not universally standardized and may be substituted with polarity-dependent or polarity-directed
See also: polarity, polarity-dependent, directional dependence, anisotropy.