English Explanatory Dictionary

polarizability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.

Word forms

polarizability polarizabilities

Etymology

From polarize + -ability.

Derived words

depolarizability hyperpolarizability
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