polarize

English

Alternative forms

• polarise (UK)

Etymology

From French polariser.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊləɹaɪz/

Verb

polarize (third-person singular simple present polarizes, present participle polarizing, simple past and past participle polarized)

1. (transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization.
2. (transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.

Derived terms

• polarization
• polarized light

Translations

to cause to have a polarization

• Bulgarian: поляризирам (poljariziram)
• Catalan: polaritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: polarizovat
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: polarisoida (fi)

• Galician: polarizar (gl)
• German: polarisieren (de)
• Occitan: polarizar
• Polish: polaryzować impf, spolaryzować pf
• Portuguese: polarizar (pt)
• Spanish: polarizar (es)
• Tagalog: sataluktukin

to cause a group to be divided into extremes

• Catalan: polaritzar (ca)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi), polarisoida (fi)
• Galician: polarizar (gl)
• German: polarisieren (de)

• Polish: polaryzować impf, spolaryzować pf
• Portuguese: polarizar (pt)
• Spanish: polarizar (es)