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“Polarization” or “Polarisation”

Polarization is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while polarisation is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “polarization” and 2 prefer “polarisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country polarization polarisation Preference
United States 99 1 “polarization”
United Kingdom 47 53 “polarisation”
India 67 33 “polarization”
Philippines 97 3 “polarization”
Canada 84 16 “polarization”
Australia 44 56 “polarisation”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 52 48 “polarization”
New Zealand 56 44 “polarization”
Jamaica 100 0 “polarization”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “polarization”
Guyana 100 0 “polarization”
Usage

Examples in context

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“polarization”

  • …and indicate the state of polarization of the polarized component.
  • …accepted as explanations for group polarization, alternative theories have been proposed.
  • The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market,
  • …receive signals from) a particular polarization, being totally insensitive to the…
  • …unperturbed dynamical evolution of the polarizations leads to rephasing such that…
  • …and incoherent situations where the polarization vanishes but occupations in excited…
  • Polarization
  • …processes were invented, the term 'polarization' evolved to denote any (potentially…
  • induced polarization ("IP").
  • …= 0 i.e., a parallel polarization to the internuclear axis.

“polarisation”

  • …(A ring diagram consists of polarisation bubbles connected by interaction lines).
  • …on the back of religious polarisation caused by the yatra.
  • …each of horizontal and vertical polarisation, across two footprints, called the…
  • This polarisation is due to some combination…
  • The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: The Political…
  • …dispersion over the whole department, polarisation effects similar to those in…
  • …Fresnel reflectivity and the circular polarisation ratio (CPR) are the key…
  • Also, while polarisation in laboratory lasers and masers…
  • Spectral induced polarisation, in geophysics
  • Polarisation: horizontal

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