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Term: Polarization
Definition:

Direction of the electric vector of anelectromagnetic wave. The wave can be linearly polarized in any directionperpendicular to the direction of travel, circularly polarized (clockwise orcounterclockwise), unpolarized, or mixtures of the above.

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Term: Polarization
Definition:

Direction of the electric vector of an electromagnetic
wave. The wave can be linearly polarized in any
direction perpendicular to the direction of travel,
circularly polarized (clockwise or counterclockwise),
unpolarized, or mixtures of the above.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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