Found 2 items, similar to depolarize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: depolarize
depolarize
v : eliminate the polarization of [syn:
depolarise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Depolarize
Depolarize
\De*po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Depolarized;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depolarizing.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf.
F. d['e]polarizer.]
1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized
condition.
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Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to
describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a
crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a
ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of
polarization, which previously to the change was
intercepted by the analyzer.
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2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate
of the voltaic battery.
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