"polarization vector" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: polarization vectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} polarization vector (plural polarization vectors)
  1. (quantum field theory) One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame.

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