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polarization

[ poh-ler-uh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
  2. Optics. a state, or the production of a state, in which rays of light or similar radiation exhibit different properties in different directions. Compare circular polarization, elliptical polarization, plane polarization.
  3. Electricity.
    1. the deposit of gases, produced during electrolysis, on the electrodes of a cell, increasing the resistance of the cell.
    2. a vector quantity indicating the electric dipole moment per unit of volume of a dielectric.
    3. the induction of polarity in a ferromagnetic substance.
  4. the production or acquisition of polarity.


polarization

/ 藢辫蓹蕣濒蓹谤补瑟藞锄别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the condition of having or giving polarity
  2. physics the process or phenomenon in which the waves of light or other electromagnetic radiation are restricted to certain directions of vibration, usually specified in terms of the electric field vector
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

polarization

  1. A condition in which transverse waves vibrate consistently in a single plane, or along a circle or ellipse. Electromagnetic radiation such as light is composed of transverse waves and can be polarized. Certain kinds of light filters, including sunglasses that reduce glare, work by filtering out light that is polarized in one direction.
  2. The displacement of positive and negative electric charge to opposite ends of a nuclear, atomic, molecular, or chemical system, especially by subjection to an electric field. Atoms and molecules have some inherent polarization.
  3. An increased resistance to the flow of current in a voltaic cell, caused by chemical reactions at the electrodes. Polarization results in a reduction of the electric potential across the voltaic cell.

polarization

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  1. The direction in which the electrical field of an electromagnetic wave points.

polarization

2
  1. In politics, the grouping of opinions around two extremes: 鈥淎s the debate continued, the union members were polarized into warring factions .鈥
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Notes

Reflected light , such as the light that produces glare on a sunny day, is polarized so that the electrical field is parallel to the ground. Some sunglasses are designed to take advantage of this property by blocking out that particular polarization while allowing other light to come through.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of polarization1

First recorded in 1805鈥15; polarize + -ation
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That cycle of political polarization is not easy to break.

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Political polarization in our own era, marked by echo chambers and divisive rhetoric, further facilitates such manipulation.

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What political scientists describe as affective/negative polarization describes how political disagreements are increasingly existential value judgments where 鈥渢he other side鈥 is not just wrong but evil.

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That segregation reflects and fuels the United States鈥 extreme political polarization and negative partisanship.

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Ultimately, America鈥檚 collective unhappiness is entangled with the rise of political polarization and rage at 鈥渢he elites鈥 and 鈥渢he system.鈥

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