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Definition: Polarisation |
PolarisationNoun1. The condition of having or giving polarity. 2. The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "polarisation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
"Polarisation" is a common misspelling or typo for: polarization. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | The arrangement of connector inserts, jackscrews, polarising pins, sockets, keys, keyways, or housing configurations to prevent the mismating or cross-mating of connectors. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The features on mating components to prevent incorrect mating. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The attribute of an electromagnetic wave which describes the direction of the electric field. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The property of a sinusoidal electromagnetic wave or field vector defined at a fixed point in space by the direction of the electric field strength vector or of any specified field vector. When this direction varies with time, the property may be characterised by the locus described by the extremity of the considered field vector. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The vibration of the electric field vector in specific direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PolarisationSynonym: polarization (n). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Polarisation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.27% of the time. "Polarisation" is used about 137 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.27% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.73% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 137 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "polarisation": cathodic polarisation ♦ clockwise polarisation ♦ pyrometric telescope based on rotatory polarisation ♦ remanent magnetic polarisation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "polarisation": induced-polarisation, re-polarisation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
polarisation | 3 |
de la lumière polarisation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "polarisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 极化 (Polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polarisering (polarization), polarisation (clocking, polarization), forvekslingsspærre (clocking, polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polarisatie van een ontaarde modus (polarization), polarisatie (clocking, polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polarointi (polarization), polarisointi (clocking, polarization), polarisaatio (polarization), degeneroidun aaltomuodon polarisaatio (polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polarisation d'un mode dégénéré (polarization), polarisation (polarization), irréversibilité (polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Polarisierung (polarization), Polarisation eines entarteten Modes (polarization), Polarisation (polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πόλωση εκφυλισμένου ρυθμού (polarization), πόλωση (polarity, polarization), πολωμένη προσαρμογή (polarization), πολοθέτηση (clocking, polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polarizzazione (polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 偏波 (polarised wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へ"は (polarised wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분극 (Polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olarisationpay polarização em modo degenerado (polarization), polarização (polarize). (various references) polarización de un modo degenerado (polarization), polarización (polarization). (various references) polarisationsriktning (polarization), polarisation för modkomponent (polarization), polarisation (clocking, polarization), förväxlingsspärr (polarization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: aspiration, positional, sinoatrial, spoliation. | |
-3 letters: antisolar, isolation, optionals, pastorali, pliotrons, postilion, rationals, sanitoria, spoliator, talapoins, tonsorial, torsional, troopials. | |
-4 letters: alations, alpinist, anoopsia, antislip, apiarist, aspirant, atropins, inositol, intarsia, isolator, notarial, optional, orations, orinasal, ortolans, ostiolar, partials, partisan, pastoral, patronal, patroons, pinitols, pintails, plastron, platinas, platoons, pliotron, polarons, portions, position, positron, postanal, postoral, rational. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: polarizations. | |
+2 letters: conspirational, conspiratorial, operationalism, operationalist. | |
+3 letters: anisotropically, bipolarizations, depolarizations, improvisational, operationalisms, operationalists, personalization, popularizations, repolarizations, transpositional. | |
+4 letters: conspiratorially, operationalistic, overapplications, personalizations. | |
+5 letters: depersonalization, impersonalization, improvisationally, micromanipulators, pictorializations, rehospitalization. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 61 72 69 73 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. .- .-. .. ... .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l a r i s a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0061 0072 0069 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508178678475856786758180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, japansk |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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