polarization
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In addition, the direction of that polarization remained tied to the magnetic field of 1E1547 in the same way seen in the radio observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s not a silver bullet that cures polarization, settles complicated policy debates or ensures that everyone gets along.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Spin refers to the rotation like properties of light, while the Stokes parameters describe polarization, or the direction in which light waves vibrate as they travel.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
But we share a conviction that in an age of loneliness, polarization and technological disruption, America needs more spaces where people can show up as whole human beings and practice citizenship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Given Walt’s need to exert control and Chris’s extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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However, a new uOttawa study disproves this theory and shows that amorphous solids actually exhibit dichroism, meaning that they selectively absorb light of different polarizations.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
If phi mesons can add to the strong force field, their cousins should, too—and J/psi mesons’ spin polarizations should be similarly impacted by the resulting fluctuations.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2023
“It may create a divide between the transitional government and the public. We are looking for a decent discussion based on the interests of Sudan without any polarizations or accusations.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020
To double the time shift, they simply leave their polarizations alone.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2017
Heat, light, electricity, magnetism, are by some regarded as specific fluids; by others, as undulations of one or more specific fluid; and by a third class, as undulations or polarizations of ordinary matter.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
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