polarization
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From French polarisation Morphologically polarize + -ation
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
polarization (countable and uncountable, plural polarizations)
- the production or the condition of polarity
- (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
- (chemistry, physics) the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
- the grouping of opinions into two extremes
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Translations[edit]
production or condition of polarity
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production of polarized light
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separation of positive and negative charges
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grouping of opinions into two extremes
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