polarize
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polarizeverb
polarizes;polarized;polarizing
polarize
verb
polarizes;polarized;polarizing
Britannica Dictionary definition of POLARIZE
1
:to cause (people, opinions, etc.) to separate into opposing groups
[+ object]
- The war haspolarized the nation.
[no object]
- The current debatepolarizes along lines of class and race.
2
[+ object]physics:to cause (something, such as light waves) to vibrate in a particular pattern
- a filter thatpolarizes light = apolarizing filter
3
[+ object]physics:to cause (something) to have positive and negative charges:to give polarity to (something)
- polarize atoms
- polarize a magnet
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