Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polarisation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: po-lar-i-sa-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarization.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One wonders whether such an event, a conscious, improbable-but-made-probable event, took place at the time of creation, the act itself being nothing but a polarisation (or separation quality-wise) of the attributeless Nirguna, a separation of zero plus x and minus x. This is indeed the genesis of the Big Bang theory of science."

Etymology

Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise + -ation or polar + -isation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

polarisations (plural) polarization (alternative)

Derived Forms

multipolarisation repolarisation

Phrases

polarisation time

Synonyms

polarization

Questions

What does polarisation mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarization.
Where does polarisation come from?: Borrowed from French polarisation. By surface analysis, polarise + -ation or polar + -isation.

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