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The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition.
An intracellular shift in electrical charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell compared with outside; it is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition.
Reduction of political polarization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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a loss of polarity or polarization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: depolarisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English polarization English depolarization From de- + polarization.
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Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
despolarització
— act of depolarizing
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French:
dépolarisation
— act of depolarizing
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Galician:
despolarización
— act of depolarizing
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Northern Kurdish:
berevajîbûna cemsergeriyê
— act of depolarizing
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Swedish:
depolarisering
— act of depolarizing