Thesaurus: depolarization

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1. n. The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.
2. n. a loss of polarity or polarization
3. The act of word/depriving">depriving of word/polarity">polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition.
4. The act of word/depriving">depriving of word/polarity">polarity, or the result of such action;reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light(Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially bya crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguishedby the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled.The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to theunpolarized condition.
5. n. a loss of polarity or polarization