polarization

  1. Noun.  the production, or the condition of polarity.
  2. Noun.  (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points.
  3. Noun.  (context, chemistry) the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system.
  4. Noun.  the grouping of opinions into two extremes.

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