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polarization

[poh-ler-uh-zay-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

These wires naturally tend to align with the polarization direction of incoming light.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 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

"We designed our experimental setup so that differences introduced by the different colors and propagation directions didn't influence the photons' polarization," said Li.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

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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