Polarity vs. Polarization
Polaritynoun
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
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Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
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(chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Wp
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(embryology) The division of an embryo into an animal pole and a vegetal pole within a blastula. Wp
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(microbiology) Spatial differences in shape, structure, and function within a cell. Wp
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(electricity) A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. Wp
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(physics) The direction of a wave's amplitude or its being in phase or antiphase.
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(grammar) The grammatical category of the affirmative and the negative. Wp
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A duality that is an involution, i.e. has order two. Wp
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(mathematics) An indicator of the positivity or negativity of a literal. Wp
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(politics) Any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. Wp
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The concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. Wp
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(physics) magnetic polarity
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(geometry) trilinear polarity
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That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.
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A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n.
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a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies;
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having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges);
Polarizationnoun
the production or the condition of polarity
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(physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
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the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
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the grouping of opinions into two extremes
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The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.
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A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions.
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An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell.
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the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
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the condition of having or giving polarity
