"depolarize" meaning in English

See depolarize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːˈpəʊləɹaɪz/ [UK], /diˈpoʊləɹaɪz/ [General-American] Forms: depolarizes [present, singular, third-person], depolarizing [participle, present], depolarized [participle, past], depolarized [past]
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  1. (transitive) To remove the polarization from something. Tags: transitive Translations (remove the polarization from something): despolaritzar (Catalan), depolarisoida (Finnish), dépolariser (French), depolarizzare (alt: 1) (Italian), despolarizar (Portuguese), depolarisera (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive) To demagnetize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-depolarize-en-verb-3c1vcWYb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depolarizer, nondepolarizing, photodepolarize, subdepolarizing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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