Definition of Polarizable

1. a. Susceptible of polarization.

Definition of Polarizable

1. Adjective. Able to be polarized ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polarizable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Polarizable

1. Susceptible of polarization. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polarizable

polarisers
polarises
polarising
polarising microscope
polaristic
polarite
polarities
polariton
polaritonic
polaritonics
polaritons
polarity
polarity of translation
polarizabilities
polarizability
polarizable (current term)
polarization
polarization colours
polarization microscopy
polarizations
polarize
polarized
polarized light
polarized light microscope
polarizer
polarizers
polarizes
polarizing
polarizing element
polarizing power

Literary usage of Polarizable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"(this is placea on Non-polarizable Electrodes.—In connecting a muscle or nerve to an electrometer or galvanometer it is necessary that the leading off ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"(In this experiment the non-polarizable electrodes should be moistened with LiCl solution, otherwise they may hold enough NaCl to start a rhythm. ..."

3. A Manual of Experimental Physiology for Students of Medicine by Winfield Scott Hall (1904)
"This variation of the non-polarizable electrode is somewhat more difficult ... Porter's Non-polarizable Electrode. This electrode is boot-shaped and is the ..."

4. An Introduction to physiology by William Townsend Porter (1906)
"Place two non-polarizable boot electrodes in rubber holders upon a mounting-rod. Fill the boots half full of saturated solution of zinc sulphate. ..."

5. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"electrodes (Figs 2 and 3); in short, the stimuli as delivered by the platinum electrodes were physiologically stronger than with non- polarizable electrodes ..."

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