noun
Etymology
Origin of polarizer
Example Sentences
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The neural network is trained using two complementary diffraction images, one captured with a vertical polarizer and one without.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
The pager-sized stainless steel Springlife polarizer looks like not much more than a small metal box.
From The Verge ● May 17, 2022
“Cruz is a polarizer within his own party,” said Dante Scala, a political science professor at the University of New Hampshire.
From MSNBC ● Jan. 18, 2016
Mr. Zorn, 59, is a saxophonist of firm avant-garde conviction, a natural polarizer and provocateur.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
The condenser, iris-diaphragm and polarizer can be raised and lowered by rack and pinion.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst
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