depolarize
verb (used with object)
to reduce or eliminate electrical charge or polarization.
depolarizing
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a word derived from
depolarize.
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a word form of
depolarize.
Example Sentences
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"Every time we use it, this process produces surprises. The first surprise is that people change their views. The second surprise is that they change their views in a way that's depolarizing."
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
And so I think a first step is probably changes, like what I hope we’ll see in Alaska and Massachusetts, moves toward ranked-choice voting or similar systems that are very depolarizing.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2020
Numerical studies16 estimate that, assuming a depolarizing error probability of p < 10−3 per elementary gate, a logical qubit needs to consist of between 1,000 and 10,000 physical qubits for PL < 10−15.
From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017
Another powerful depolarizing move is praise, as we saw in the second Clinton-Trump debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2016
This great constancy is chiefly due to the progressive reduction of the depolarizing electrode to the state of very conductive metal, which augments its conductivity and its depolarizing power.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
