Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having polarization; affected by polarization: as, polarized light; polarized radiant heat.
- In electricity, having the surface covered with a film of gas, as the negative plate of a simple voltaic cell (with hydrogen) after a brief use.
- Also spelled
polarised .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US Describing something that possesses a distinctive
polarization . - adjective US Describing a group or situation characterized by being at two (or more)
extremes . - adjective Alternative spelling of
polarised . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
polarize . - verb Alternative spelling of
polarised .
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Examples
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Instead of being plane polarized, the light in rock crystal is _circularly polarized_.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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Here, you see, is our ray of light: we have first to make it what we call polarized; but about that you need not trouble yourselves; it is only to make our illustration more clear.
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Scratch resistent glass doesn't distort, amber tint, polarized is the only way to go for fishing.
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What makes congress polarized is when even the most-liberal Republican is more conservative than the most-conservative Democrat.
Matthew Yglesias » Little Evidence to Support Gerrymandering-Polarization Link 2009
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What makes congress polarized is when even the most-liberal Republican is more conservative than the most-conservative Democrat.
Matthew Yglesias » Little Evidence to Support Gerrymandering-Polarization Link 2009
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Scratch resistent glass doesn't distort, amber tint, polarized is the only way to go for fishing.
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Why the average individual's world perspective has to be so polarized is intriguing and has actually taught me a lot about humanity.
New Photos of Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Quebec voters have been polarized from the government position in Afghanistan and opposition to gay marriage.
Tories Can’t Please Quebec, But They Could Try B.C. « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Quebec voters have been polarized from the government position in Afghanistan and opposition to gay marriage.
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Having said that, the problem with the Today show and with many media outlets is that they deal in polarized polemics rather than debate – as such the judgments become sweeping and widely influential.
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