polarisation

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise +‎ -ation or polar +‎ -isation.

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Noun

polarisation (countable and uncountable, plural polarisations)

  1. 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)

  1. polarization, polarisation

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

polarisation c

  1. synonym of polarisering

Usage notes

Polarisering is idiomatic for extremes of opinion.

Declension

Declension of polarisation
nominative genitive
singular indefinite polarisation polarisations
definite polarisationen polarisationens
plural indefinite polarisationer polarisationers
definite polarisationerna polarisationernas

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