polarization

Examples of polarizing

polarizing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

All photographs were taken dry using crossed polarizing filters to enhance contrast.
The inclusions in pastes are best studied by petrography with a polarizing microscope.
Quantitative estimates of calcareous nannofossil species abundance were carried out using a polarizing light microscope at a magnification of x1250.
The different bases of political identities in developing nations can also explain why politics may become so divisive and polarizing.
With regard to our second major weakness, our knack for polarizing opinion regarding chimerical questions such as the innateness of language can also be understood.
In all cases, however, the personal vote plays an important role in shielding cross-pressured members from the polarizing trends of the 1960s.
In the present study, the ionic mechanisms of color-opponent responses of bipolar cells were analyzed by polarizing the membrane with extrinsic current.
I wish to propose a less polarizing method to approach public discourse and policy critique concerning gene therapy and genetic engineering.
The joint aspirate should also be analyzed for crystals by polarizing microscopy.
Compared with the dichotomy made between primary and secondary issues, the distinction made between preferential and non-preferential primary legislative issues is much less racially polarizing.
However, not all innovations have such a polarizing effect, as some enter the language below the radar of prescriptivism.
To determine the amount of muscles, we developed a new method, based on the double-refraction of light by muscle tissue in a polarizing microscope.
As a result, conflict emerged between agents, polarizing them from one another.
Images at different times are obtained by polarizing the channel-plate strips with differently delayed electric pulses.
By also inserting a polarizing filter in different orientations, the angle and degree of polarization can be calculated and used to further enhance the contrast.
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