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polarize (Amer.)
v.
separate into opposing groups, contrapose; give polarity to something, cause an item to have unequally distributed characteristics (also polarise)
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Polarization
Polarization or polarisation can refer to:
In the physical sciences
- Polarization (waves), the orientation of oscillations in the plane perpendicular to a transverse wave's direction of travel which may include:
- Polarization (antenna), the orientation of electromagnetic waves from e.g. a radio antenna
- Dielectric polarization, charge separation in insulating materials:
- Polarization density, volume dielectric polarization
- Dipolar polarization, orientation of permanent dipoles
- Ionic polarization, displacement of ions in a crystal
- Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars polarization, slow long-distance charge separation in dielectric spectroscopy on inhomogeneous soft matter
- Polarization (electrochemistry), a change in the equilibrium potential of an electrochemical reaction
- Spin polarization, the degree by which the spin of elementary particles is aligned to a given direction
- Polarizability, an electrical property of atoms or molecules and a separate magnetic property of subatomic particles
- Polarization function, a feature of some molecular modelling methods
- Photon polarization, the mathematical link between wave polarization and spin polarization
- Vacuum polarization, a process in which a background electromagnetic field produces virtual electron-positron pairs
- Polarity in embryogenesis, during development, an embryo has an animal pole and a vegetal pole
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polarize
Verb
1. cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light waves"
(synonym) polarise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) polarization, polarisation
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
2. cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions
(synonym) polarise
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
(derivation) polarization, polarisation
3. become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
(synonym) polarise
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(derivation) polarization, polarisation
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polarizar
v.
polarize, contrapose
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polarize (Amer.)
v.
polarizovat
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