ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Polarizer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Polarizer is a noun meaning One who polarizes; one who divides a group or community into two extremes.

Meaning

One who polarizes; one who divides a group or community into two extremes.

More Meanings

  1. (physics) Any device that produces polarized light.

Example Sentences

a polarizer of opinions
When the polarizers are aligned in the same direction, they block the same state of polarization, i.e. they both block horizontally polarized light, and both let the vertically polarized light through. The second polarizer therefore has no effect on the light. When the polarizers are aligned perpendicular to one another, one will block the horizontally polarized light and the other will block vertically polarized light — no light at all gets through the pair!

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Related dictionary entries include crossed, dichroic, polariser, ideologizer, factionalizer, demonizer.

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