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polarization

[poh-ler-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌpoʊ lər əˈzeɪ ʃən /


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The researchers estimated that the resulting polarization was between 100,000 and 10 million times stronger than the polarization seen in much larger flexoelectric systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 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

The researchers could also change the direction of that current by rotating the polarization of the two optical fields, which describes the direction in which the light waves oscillate.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 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

Due to their different polarizations, each standing wave attracted and corralled one of two groups of atoms, depending on their spin.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

“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

Such pairs of photons can be prepared together—entangled—so that their polarizations are always found to be in the opposite direction when observed.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2020

When the pulses first leave the interferometer, they have different polarizations.

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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