(physics) the state of being a north pole or south pole; the magnetic equivalent of electric charge

The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. / Either of the two extremes of such attributes.

(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization. / (transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.

(US) Having a distinctive polarization. / (US) Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes.

simple past tense and past participle of polarize

plural of polarization

(physics) Light (or other electromagnetic radiation) whose electric or displacement vector rotates in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction with constant angular velocity

(physics) Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.

plural of polariton

(physics) The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.