polarisation
See also: Polarisation
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise + -ation or polar + -isation.
Noun
[edit]polarisation (countable and uncountable, plural polarisations)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarization.
- 1979, Bhavan’s Journal, XXV, issues 13-26, 269/1:
- One wonders whether such an event, a conscious, improbable-but-made-probable event, took place at the time of creation, the act itself being nothing but a polarisation (or separation quality-wise) of the attributeless Nirguna, a separation of zero plus x and minus x. This is indeed the genesis of the Big Bang theory of science.
Derived terms
[edit]French
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Noun
[edit]polarisation f (plural polarisations)
Further reading
[edit]- “polarisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]polarisation c
- Synonym of polarisering
Usage notes
[edit]Polarisering is idiomatic for extremes of opinion.
Declension
[edit]Declension of polarisation
References
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