POLARIZATION

Polarization

Polarization is a property of waves that can oscillate with more than one orientation. Electromagnetic waves, such as light, and gravitational waves exhibit polarization; sound waves in a gas or liquid do not have polarization because the medium vibrates only along the direction in which the waves are travelling.

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polarization

Noun

  1. the production, or the condition of polarity
  2. the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
  3. the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
  4. the grouping of opinions into two extremes


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