polarisation
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See also: Polarisation
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise + -ation or polar + -isation.
Pronunciation
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
Pronunciation
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Noun
polarisation f (plural polarisations)
Further reading
- “polarisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Swedish
Noun
polarisation c
- synonym of polarisering
Usage notes
Polarisering is idiomatic for extremes of opinion.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | polarisation | polarisations |
| definite | polarisationen | polarisationens | |
| plural | indefinite | polarisationer | polarisationers |
| definite | polarisationerna | polarisationernas |