polarization
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The electrons then transfer their polarization to the surrounding nuclear spins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
These wires naturally tend to align with the polarization direction of incoming light.
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
They also hope to identify experimental signals that could reveal the influence of acceleration, including patterns in hyperon spin polarization.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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
Two photons can be entangled so that each is in an uncertain both-ways state, but their polarizations are correlated so that if one is horizontal the other must be vertical and vice versa.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
“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
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
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