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polarize
[poh-luh-rahyz]
verb (used with object)
to cause polarization in.
to divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups, etc..
The controversy has polarized voters into proabortion and antiabortion groups.
to give polarity to.
verb (used without object)
to become polarized.
polarize
/ ˈəʊəˌɪ /
verb
to acquire or cause to acquire polarity
to acquire or cause to acquire polarization
to polarize light
to cause people to adopt extreme opposing positions
to polarize opinion
polarize
To separate or accumulate positive and negative electric charges in two distinct regions. Polarized objects have an electric dipole moment and will undergo torque when placed in an external electric field.
To magnetize a substance so that it has the properties of a magnetic dipole, such as having a north and south pole.
To cause the electrical and magnetic fields associated with electromagnetic waves, especially light, to vibrate in a particular direction or path. The transverse electric and magnetic waves always vibrate at right angles to each other, but in ordinary unpolarized light sources, the direction of polarization of each wave is randomly distributed. Light can be polarized by reflection, and by passing through certain materials.
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Other Word Forms
- polarizable adjective
- polarizability noun
- depolarize verb (used with object)
- nonpolarizable adjective
- repolarize verb (used with object)
- ˈDZˌ adjective
Example Sentences
She started out the series as this very polarizing character.
“It’s one of our most polarizing scents, actually, but it’s also one of my favorite ones that Debbie has made,” Lawrence says.
How delightfully ironic that Mary and her avant-garde charm, which was once polarizing and niche to the film’s stuffier early critics, were finally finding a wider audience.
"The Security Council is polarized, divided," he said.
The freezing of prevention efforts, economic uncertainty and polarizing rhetoric in the run-up to the midterm elections create “a pressure cooker,” Braniff said.
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