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polarization

property of waves that can oscillate with more than one orientation
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Summary

polarization ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,452 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical property[2], optical property[3]
  • Commons category: Polarization (waves)[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polarization (waves)[5]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7]
  • Different from: polarization density[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

polarization has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] polarization is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0352962-polarizace-fyzika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0352962-polarizace-fyzika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → physical property, optical property
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Polarization (waves)
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 4793, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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