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Definition of Polarise
1. Verb. Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern. "Polarize light waves"
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Polarisation, Polarization
2. Verb. Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions.
Generic synonyms: Disunite, Divide, Part, Separate
Derivative terms: Polarisation, Polarization
3. Verb. Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation.
Generic synonyms: Divide, Part, Separate
Derivative terms: Polarisation, Polarization
Definition of Polarise
1. Verb. (British) (alternative form of polarize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polarise
1. to polarize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: polarize
Medical Definition of Polarise
1. To put into a state of polarization. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polarise
Literary usage of Polarise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"They polarise rather brilliantly. 2. With ferrous sulphate, ammonia throws down a
... They polarise brilliantly, and show radiating stripes of colour. ..."
2. A Treatise on Optics by David Brewster (1838)
"The following table shows the effect which takes place with other metals:— Order
in which the Metals polarise most Light in the Plane of Reflexion. Galena. ..."
3. Light Visible and Invisible: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1897)
"... LECTURE III POLARISATION OF LIGHT Meaning of polarisation—How to polarise
waves of light—Illustrative models—polarisers made of glass, of calc-spar, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"Thus a wire bird-cage will polarise long electrical waves, but will have no ...
Rubens and Du Bois made an instrument which would polarise the infra red ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1894)
"It is only when we seek to explain the experience that we polarise it in our
thought into subject and object. But what logical right have we to say that the ..."
6. Dairy Chemistry: A Practical Handbook for Dairy Chemists and Others Having by Henry Droop Richmond (1920)
"... (c) 3 cc- of acid mercuric nitrate; polarise, and calculate the reading due
to cane sugar as before- Then the difference between the reading before ..."
7. The Study of Rocks: An Elementary Text-book of Petrology by Frank Rutley (1884)
"These microliths also frequently polarise. ... All minerals which polarise, in
other words which exhibit double refraction or are anisotropic, ..."
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