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POLARIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
Synonyms:
polarisation; polarization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("polarization" is a kind of...):
optical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon related to or involving light)
Derivation:
polarize (become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation)
polarize (cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of having or giving polarity
Synonyms:
polarisation; polarization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("polarization" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
polarize (cause to vibrate in a definite pattern)
Context examples:
Atypical PKCiota, a serine/threonine kinase overexpressed in numerous cancer cell types, plays an important role in cancer proliferation, invasion, and survival; Par6 is a scaffold protein that facilitates atypical PKC-mediated phosphorylation of cytoplasmic proteins involved in epithelial and neuronal cell polarization.
(Gold Sodium Thiomalate, NCI Thesaurus)
Gusperimus inhibits the interleukin-2-stimulated maturation of T cells to the S and G2/M phases and the polarization of the T cells into IFN-gamma-secreting Th1 effector T cells, resulting in the inhibition of growth of activated naive CD4 T cells; this agent may suppress growth of certain T-cell leukemia cell lines.
(Gusperimus Trihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
