Polarize
['polə'raɪz]
Definition
(verb.) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation.
(verb.) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions.
(verb.) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; 'polarize light waves'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To communicate polarity to.
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Examples
- One solution, tested in the polarized-light apparatus, turned the plane to the right; the other solution turned it to the left. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With this idea clearly in mind, the theory of the polarized relay, generally called polar relay, as presented in the diagram (Fig. 7), will be readily understood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Racemic acid, however, which is identical with tartaric acid in i ts chemical constituents, is optically inactive, rotating the plane of polarized light n either to the right nor the left. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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