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polarization

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


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The researchers say structures inspired by monotiles could eventually contribute to technologies designed to manipulate light, control polarization, and support advanced optical devices.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

As the membrane bends more strongly, electrical charge polarization builds up around those grain boundaries.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

"We designed our experimental setup so that differences introduced by the different colors and propagation directions didn't influence the photons' polarization," said Li.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

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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