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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/ Forms: polarizations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -ization. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|polarisation}} Borrowed from French polarisation, {{surf|en|polarize|-ation}} By surface analysis, polarize + -ation, {{af|en|polar|-ization}} polar + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polarization (countable and uncountable, plural polarizations)
  1. the production or the condition of polarity
    (sociology) the grouping of opinions into two extremes
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sociology Translations (grouping of opinions into two extremes): qütbləşmə (Azerbaijani), polarització [feminine] (Catalan), polarisation [feminine] (French), polarización [feminine] (Galician), Polarisierung [feminine] (German), πόλωση (pólosi) [feminine] (Greek), ध्रुवीकरण (dhruvīkaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), polarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), ധ്രുവീകരണം (dhruvīkaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), polaryzacja [feminine] (Polish), polarização [feminine] (Portuguese), polarización [feminine] (Spanish), polarisering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polarization-en-noun-mlDq9kdR Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology Disambiguation of 'grouping of opinions into two extremes': 98 1 1
  2. the production or the condition of polarity
    (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (production of polarized light): polarització [feminine] (Catalan), 偏振 (piānzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), polarizace [feminine] (Czech), polarisation [feminine] (French), polarización [feminine] (Galician), Polarisierung [feminine] (German), πόλωση (pólosi) [feminine] (Greek), ध्रुवीकरण (dhruvīkaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), polarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), polaryzacja [feminine] (Polish), polarização [feminine] (Portuguese), polarización [feminine] (Spanish), polarisering [common-gender] (Swedish), sataluktok (Tagalog)
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  3. the production or the condition of polarity
    (chemistry, physics) the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics Translations (separation of positive and negative charges): polarització [feminine] (Catalan), 極化 (Chinese Mandarin), 极化 (jíhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), polarisation (French), polarización [feminine] (Galician), Polarisierung [feminine] (German), πόλωση (pólosi) [feminine] (Greek), ध्रुवीकरण (dhruvīkaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), polarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), polarização [feminine] (Portuguese), polarización [feminine] (Spanish), polarisering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polarization-en-noun-en:charge_separation Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'separation of positive and negative charges': 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: polarisation Translations (production or condition of polarity): qütbləşmə (Azerbaijani), polarització [feminine] (Catalan), polarisation [feminine] (French), polarización [feminine] (Galician), Polarisierung [feminine] (German), πόλωση (pólosi) [feminine] (Greek), ध्रुवीकरण (dhruvīkaraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), polarizáció (Hungarian), polarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), polarização [feminine] (Portuguese), поляриза́ция (poljarizácija) [feminine] (Russian), polarización [feminine] (Spanish), polarisering [common-gender] (Swedish), sataluktok (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "separation of positive and negative charges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polarización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "separation of positive and negative charges",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "polarisering"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "polarization"
  ],
  "word": "polarization"
}

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