polarization

Definition

The production or the condition of polarity.

Etymology

Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarize + -ation or polar + -ization.

Example Sentences

• "The subtopologies that we discovered include: a glide-symmetric analog of the quantum spin Hall effect, an hourglass-flow topology (exemplified by our recently-proposed KHgSb material class), and quantized non-Abelian polarizations."
• "What frazzled pollsters, surly op-ed pages, snarling cable talkfests and issue-starved candidates for office need is a fresh source of hot-eyed national polarization."
• "Polarization is tearing at the seams of democracies around the world, from Brazil and India to Poland and Turkey."