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polarized - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
polarized light; polarized radiant heat. 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. 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 polarised .verb polarize .verb polarised .
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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
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.
The Forces of Matter, Delivered before a Juvenile Auditory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain during the Christmas Holidays of 1859-60 1909
Scratch resistent glass doesn't distort, amber tint, polarized is the only way to go for fishing.
For Better Fly Fishing... Glass or Plastic? 2009
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
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
Scratch resistent glass doesn't distort, amber tint, polarized is the only way to go for fishing.
For Better Fly Fishing... Glass or Plastic? 2009
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
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
Quebec voters have been polarized from the government position in Afghanistan and opposition to gay marriage.
2008 July 04 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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.
I Was Drinking When I Wrote This | Her Bad Mother 2007
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