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polarization

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


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Researchers also found that the direction of that polarization remained aligned with 1E 1547's magnetic field, just as its radio waves did.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 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

Scientists can rotate that electron beam by adjusting the polarization of the two phase-coherent optical fields.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

To Ilana Redstone, a sociologist who specializes in political polarization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sociology’s troubles gained traction through the 1971 Supreme Court decision, Griggs vs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Well-known examples include ferromagnets, which switch between opposite magnetic orientations, and ferroelectrics, which can hold opposing electric polarizations.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2025

“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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