polarization: Meaning and Definition of

po•lar•i•za•tion

1. a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
2. a state, or the production of a state, in which rays of light or similar radiation exhibit different properties in different directions. Cf.
1. the deposit of gases, produced during electrolysis, on the electrodes of a cell, increasing the resistance of the cell.
2. a vector quantity indicating the electric dipole moment per unit of volume of a dielectric.
3. the induction of polarity in a ferromagnetic substance.
4. the production or acquisition of polarity.