present participle of polarize

That polarizes.

The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles. / Either of the two extremes of such attributes.

(US) Having a distinctive polarization. / (US) Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes.

simple past tense and past participle of polarize

Of or having a pole or polarity. / (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

the production or the condition of polarity / (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points

(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization. / (transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.

plural of polarization