polarize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
polarize light waves
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- polarization derivation
- polarisation derivation
- physics domain topic
Sense 2 verb
cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
Related & opposite
- polarization derivation
- polarisation derivation
Sense 3 verb
become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
- polarization derivation
- polarisation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarisation |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarisation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | polarisation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |