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Polarisation

noun
1.
The condition of having or giving polarity.  Synonym: polarization.
2.
The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration.  Synonym: polarization.






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... Brewster, as Principal of the United Coll. at St. Andrews. He was one of the founders of the British Association in 1831. His scientific investigations and discoveries embraced the subjects of heat, light, polarisation, and specially glaciers. In connection with the last of these he wrote Travels through the Alps (1843), Norway and its Glaciers (1853), Tour of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa (1855), and Papers on the ...
— A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin



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