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unpolarized

unpolarized adjective: not polarized.

Adjective

unpolarized (not comparable)

  1. Not polarized.
    • Instead of using unpolarized sunlight as my light source and then filtering it with a polarizer, I can just use my screen as a source of polarized light.2013 July 16, skullsinthestars, “Simple fun with polarizers!”, in Skulls in the Stars, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022

Forms of unpolarized

alternative formunpolarised

Origin of unpolarized

From un- + polarized.

Questions about unpolarized

What does unpolarized mean?
Unpolarized means not polarized.
What part of speech is unpolarized?
Unpolarized is an adjective.

Words near unpolarized in the dictionary

  1. unpoisons
  2. unpoked
  3. unpolarisable
  4. unpolarised
  5. unpolarizable
  6. unpolarized
  7. unpolarizing
  8. unpoled
  9. unpolemical
  10. unpolemically
  11. unpoliceable

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