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Definition: Polarise |
PolariseVerb1. Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light waves". 2. Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. 3. Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PolariseSynonym: polarize (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: circular polarised RF (electrical engineering, post & telecom), circular polarized RF, circularly polarised (electrical engineering), circularly polarized, co-polarised main lobe, co-polarized main lobe, dual polarised aerial, dual polarised antenna, dual polarized antenna, dual-polarised aerial, dual-polarised antenna, dual-polarized antenna, linearly polarised, linearly polarized, non-polarised relay (post & telecom), non-polarized relay, plane polarised light (european union, physics), polarised bond (physics), polarised circuit (electrical engineering), polarised field, polarised light, polarised relay, polarised suppressor, polarising element (physics), polarising membrane (computing, physics), polarising microscope (industry, physics), polarising objective (european union, industry), polarising prism (european union, physics), polarising voltage (electrical engineering, physics), polarized field (electrical engineering), polarized light, polarized relay, polarized suppressor, polarizing microscope (industry, physics), polarizing voltage (electrical engineering, physics). |
| "Polarise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 90.48% of the time. "Polarise" is used about 21 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 90.48% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.52% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "polarise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 对立 (Polarize, Polarized, Polarizing). (various references) | ||||
Italian | polarizzarsi (polarize), polarizzare (focus, polarize). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 극"하십시" (Polarize). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | olarisepay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "polarise": polarised, polarises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pelorias. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: paroles, peloria, reposal, soapier, spoiler. | |
-2 letters: ariels, ariose, aslope, aspire, espial, lapser, lipase, lisper, lopers, lories, oilers, operas, oriels, palier, pareos, paries, parles, parole, parols, pearls, perils, pilose, pliers, poiser, polars, poleis, polers, polies, praise, proles, reoils, resail, sailer, sailor, serail, serial, sloper, soaper, spiral, spirea, splore, sporal. | |
-3 letters: aisle, aloes, apers, apres. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: caprioles, oilpapers, polarised, polarises, polarizes, saprolite. | |
+2 letters: epistolary, impersonal, kiloparsec, leprosaria, nonpareils, overplaids, periosteal, piperonals, plesiosaur, polarities, polarizers, polyparies, popularise, porcelains, prolamines, saprolites, spheroidal. | |
+3 letters: acropolises, allopatries, allotropies, antileprosy, apologizers, bipolarizes, complainers, depolarizes, disprovable, drosophilae, explicators, graptolites, heliographs, kiloparsecs, leprosarium, leptospiral, nalorphines, palindromes, periodicals, peristomial, peroxisomal, personalise, personalism, personalist, personality, personalize, plesiosaurs, polariscope, polyandries, popularised, popularises, popularizes, pratincoles, previsional, proclaimers, profligates, reciprocals, replicators, repolarizes, rhizoplanes, semipopular, sparrowlike, spirochetal, sporulative, tetraploids, trampolines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 61 72 69 73 65 |
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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 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l a r i s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0061 0072 0069 0073 0065 |
| 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)5081786784758571 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , cinese, 중국 |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiano, 이탈리아 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , 한국 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , inglese, 영국 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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