Question

What are polar vectors?

Answer 1

In physics, a polar vector is a vector such as the radius vector that reverses sign when the coordinate axes are reversed. Polar vectors are the type of vector usually simply known as "vectors." In contrast, pseudovectors (also called axial vectors) do not reverse sign when the coordinate axes are reversed.

Answer 2

Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.