Words Like POLARIZATION
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3 Alternative Words Similar to polarization
10 definitions of polarization
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the production, or the condition of polarity
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the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
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the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
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the grouping of opinions into two extremes
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The state, or the act producing the state, of having, as a ray, different properties on its different sides, so that opposite sides are alike, but the maximum difference is between two sides at right angles to each other. This is the case with polarized light.
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Less properly, the acquisition of polarity, in any sense. Also spelled polarisation.
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The condition thus produced. Thus, in the electrolysis of water polarization of the electrodes takes place, the one becoming coated with a film of oxygen, the other with a film of hydrogen gas. The phrase is most frequently used to describe the process by which the negative plate in a voltaic cell becomes coated with hydrogen, with the result of giving rise to a reverse electromotive force, and thus of weakening the current. On the methods of preventing this, see cell, 8.
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In geometry, the passing to or taking the polar: of two polar figures or formulas either results from the other by polarization.
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In biology, the replacement or regeneration of lost parts in the axial or stere-ometrical relations which they exhibited before they were lost. See polarity, 1 .
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In electricity, the property of acting differently according as the current, electric or magnetic, is in one direction or the opposite direction.