circular polarization


nounOptics.
  1. polarization in which the vector representing the instantaneous intensity of the electromagnetic field describes a circular helix in the direction of propagation.

Origin of circular polarization

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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How to use circular polarization in a sentence

  • He switched to circular polarization, to see if they presented a constant area to the radar beam.

    Pushbutton War | Joseph P. Martino

British Dictionary definitions for circular polarization

circular polarization

noun
  1. electromagnetic radiation (esp light) in which the electric field vector describes a circle about the direction of propagation at any point in the path of the radiation

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