n, pl  -ties  1  :  the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits contrasting properties or powers in contrasting parts or directions  2  :  attraction toward a particular object or in a specific direction  3  :  the particular state either positive or negative with reference to the two poles or to electrification .
 
   
 
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