polarization
pronunciation
How to pronounce polarization in British English:
UK [ˌpəʊləraɪ'zeɪʃn]
How to pronounce polarization in American English:
US [ˌpolərɪˈzeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
- the condition of having or giving polarity
Word Origin
- polarization (n.)
- 1812, from polarize + -ation, and in part from French polarisation, noun of action from polariser. Figuratively from 1871; of social and political groups, "accentuation of differences," from 1945.
Example
- 1. Light loss due to polarization will definitely dim the reflections .
- 2. Next , they measured the polarization in the second plane .
- 3. This in turn left its mark on the polarization of the next photon , so amplifying the signal .
- 4. How much light is reflected off water 's surface depends on the angle of incidence and on the plane of polarization .
- 5. Steinberg 's group does not measure position and momentum , but rather two different inter-related properties of a photon : its polarization states .