polarization
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The event as well as a luncheon the prior day in Santa Monica were rare displays of bipartisan unity at a time of heightened political polarization in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Light also has a property known as polarization, which describes how its electric field oscillates.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
B cells can influence healing through antibody production and by affecting macrophage polarization.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
By changing the light's polarization, the researchers can control which direction the nanorobot faces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Given Walt’s need to exert control and Chris’s extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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
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