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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise + -ation or polar + -isation.
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Noun
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
French
Etymology
From polariser + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
polarisation f (plural polarisations)
- polarization, polarisation
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
polarisation c
- synonym of polarisering
Usage notes
Polarisering is idiomatic for extremes of opinion.
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