Polarization

//ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The production or the condition of polarity. countable, uncountable

    "The subtopologies that we discovered include: a glide-symmetric analog of the quantum spin Hall effect, an hourglass-flow topology (exemplified by our recently-proposed KHgSb material class), and quantized non-Abelian polarizations."

  2. 2
    the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration wordnet
  3. 3
    The production or the condition of polarity.; The grouping of opinions into two extremes. countable, uncountable

    "What frazzled pollsters, surly op-ed pages, snarling cable talkfests and issue-starved candidates for office need is a fresh source of hot-eyed national polarization."

  4. 4
    the condition of having or giving polarity wordnet
  5. 5
    The production or the condition of polarity.; The production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points. countable, uncountable

    "We don’t usually notice polarization because direct sunlight and light from ordinary incandescent and fluorescent bulbs is unpolarized: it contains equal mixtures of horizontally and vertically polarized light."

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  1. 6
    The production or the condition of polarity.; The separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -ization.

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