polarization
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“Today, corporate leaders feel a clearer risk of government retaliation and stakeholder polarization. Even the perception of risk can chill speech,” he said.
As radio waves pass through magnetized plasma, the angle of their polarization shifts depending on frequency, a process called Faraday rotation.
From Science Daily
Globalization has become a catchall explanation for a host of Americans’ troubles, from factory closures to political polarization.
From Barron's
The mission's ability to measure the polarization of X-rays allowed astronomers to closely examine EX Hydrae, a type of system known as an intermediate polar.
From Science Daily
The researchers describe how controlling several properties of light at once, including polarization, spatial modes, and frequency, makes it possible to create high-dimensional quantum states.
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