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Pronunciation : De*po"lar*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d?polarizer.]
Definition : 1. (Opt.)

Defn: To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.

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.

2. (Elec.)

Defn: To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

t. [imp. & p. p. Depolarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913