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Definitions of polarize
  1. verb
    cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

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  2. verb
    cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
    "polarize light waves"

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  3. verb
    become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation

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Definition that contains polarize
  • shades (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
  • sunglasses (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
  • polaroid (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare
  • pulsar a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
  • birefringence splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
  • polarize become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
  • extinction angle the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
  • rochon prism optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light
  • augustin jean fresnel French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)
  • fresnel French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)
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