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    In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field. When a dielectric...
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    Polarization (also polarisation) is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations. In a transverse wave...
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  • the direction of propagation. The term linear polarization (French: polarisation rectiligne) was coined by Augustin-Jean Fresnel in 1822. See polarization...
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    Optics (category Electromagnetic radiation)
    Polarisation is a general property of waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. For transverse waves such as many electromagnetic waves...
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  • Polarization (redirect from Polarisation)
    up polarization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polarization or polarisation may refer to: Polarization of an Abelian variety, in the mathematics...
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    different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics" where the...
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    waveguides which direct light, and radio-frequency waveguides which direct electromagnetic waves other than light like radio waves. Without the physical constraint...
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    contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism...
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    exist. Electromagnetism is the only long-range force in the Standard Model. It is mediated by photons and couples to electric charge. Electromagnetism is...
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    d'Abbadia, 1916, p. 401. A. Fresnel, "Note sur le calcul des teintes que la polarisation développe dans les lames cristallisées" et seq., Annales de Chimie et...
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