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Definition of Depolarise

1. Verb. Eliminate the polarization of.

Definition of Depolarise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of depolarize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Depolarise

1. 1. To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarised condition. This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarising medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarisation, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyser. 2. To free from polarisation, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery. Origin: F. Depolariser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Depolarise

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

1. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"... as 60 cells are able to depolarise the fault to a greater extent than 10 cells, the negative cable-current (and consequently the resistance it opposes) ..."

2. The Principles of Applied Electrochemistry by Arthur John Allmand (1912)
"Generally speaking, liquids depolarise more quickly than solids, and hence give working potential values more nearly approaching the reversible figures. ..."

3. The Principles of Applied Electrochemistry by Arthur John Allmand (1912)
"Generally speaking, liquids depolarise more quickly than solids, and hence give working potential values more nearly approaching the reversible figures. ..."

4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1814)
"In substances, however, formed by successive layers, like caoutchouc and gum arabic, which have no neutral axes, but which depolarise light in every ..."

5. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1814)
"In substances, however, formed by successive layers, like caoutchouc and gum arabic, which have no neutral axes, but which depolarise light in every ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"The grains generally depolarise uniformly, but occasionally are built up of clustered prisms, and sometimes even of slender, tufted needles. ..."

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