polarization
The production or the condition of polarityThe production or the condition of polarity.
» The film was alarmingly prescient about political polarization.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)The production or the condition of polarity.
the condition of having or giving polarity
The production or the condition of polarity.
(countable, uncountable)The grouping of opinions into two extremes.
Polarisierung
(countable, uncountable)The production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points.
Polarisierung
the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
(countable, uncountable)The separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system.
Polarisierung
Examples
1 sentencesThe film was alarmingly prescient about political polarization.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -izatBorrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -ization.
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Forms
plural: polarizationsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration:polarisation
- the condition of having or giving polarity:polarisation
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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