"depolarize" meaning in English

See depolarize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːˈpəʊləɹaɪz/ Forms: depolarizes [present, singular, third-person], depolarizing [participle, present], depolarized [participle, past], depolarized [past]
Etymology: From de- + polarize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|polarize}} de- + polarize Head templates: {{en-verb}} depolarize (third-person singular simple present depolarizes, present participle depolarizing, simple past and past participle depolarized)
  1. (transitive) To remove the polarization from something. Tags: transitive Translations (remove the polarization from something): depolarisoida (Finnish), depolarizzare (alt: 1) (Italian), depolarisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-depolarize-en-verb-VnzRoOct Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'remove the polarization from something': 99 1
  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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        "(transitive) To remove the polarization from something."
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Download raw JSONL data for depolarize meaning in English (2.0kB)

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