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Polarized

Polarize \Po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Polarizing.] [Cf. F. polariser.] To communicate polarity to.

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polarized
  1. 1 (context US English) Having a distinctive polarization. 2 (context US English) Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes. alt. 1 (context US English) Having a distinctive polarization. 2 (context US English) Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes. v

  2. 1 (en-past of: polarize) 2 (alternative spelling of polarised English)

Usage examples of "polarized".

Her entire face was covered by a custom-molded polypropylene mask, the eyeholes fitted with polarized lenses.

His hands were encased in heated mittens, his face protected from the winds by the furred edge of his hood, a thick wool scarf, and a pair of polarized goggles.

Another embedded itself in his beautiful shield, but the god-forged layer of polarized gold blocked it.

The half-centimeter beam fountained into the shaft, polarized, directable.

The bridge had been fitted with ceiling-to-deck polarized windows that offered a sweeping view of the surrounding sea.

Brown stares at Mariella, his face ghostly behind the heavily polarized visor of his helmet.

He knew that he should be able to pick out the Sun, for he knew that the light from the sky, dispersed by the clouds of Venus, was polarized, made to wiggle up-and-down or sideways, instead of in all directions.

He knew that these spectacles were supposed to blank out polarized light, let him see the Sun itself.

Under polarized light it looks as if there are fracture planes separating the chunk into distinct regions.

Twenty meters above them, earthlight slanted down through thick panes of polarized glass, illuminating a miniature rain forest.