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Definition of Polarises
1. polarise [v] - See also: polarise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polarises
Literary usage of Polarises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"polarises to the right. It is an hydroxylated coniine, and may be provisionally
represented thus— ... polarises to the left. H2C IJ CH - C3H. N CH3 § 321. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1889)
"If the partitions are vertical, the box polarises, into vertical vibrations ...
If rotated until its partitions are horizontal, it polarises the vibrations ..."
3. A Treatise on Optics by David Brewster (1838)
"(107-) As a bundle of glass plates acts upon light, and polarises it as effectually
... B plates which polarises the transmitted ray st, then, if the second ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"It is colourless for all rays, and polarises vividly. It is commonly of small
size, but is best developed where the other elements are large, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"There is a tartaric acid which polarises to the right (the commonest), another
which polarises to the left ; racemic acid, from which both varieties of ..."
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