polarization

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

The old idea of share value imposed a simple, intuitive limit on the size of corporations and the polarization of wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The new study that discovered how difficult it is to overcome this polarization recently began circulating in academic circles.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Trust in institutions and fellow citizens has declined, and many young people have come of age amid political polarization, technological and economic change, unhinged social media, Covid-era isolation and geopolitical uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Given Walt’s need to exert control and Chris’s extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

They found that the orthorhombic phase had a polarization of 0.33 C m−2, while the two tetragonal phases showed polarizations of 0.4 and 0.6 C m−2, respectively.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 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

Before being measured, the photons’ polarizations are in a superposition of being both horizontal and vertical.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2020

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

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2017

The arrangement of the rooms in which polarizations are performed has an important bearing upon the accuracy of the results obtained.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various