When a charged body is placed close to a nonconducting
substance, the molecules of the substance get polarised. This is
called polarisation.
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Polarisation means to go to the extreme opposites, like North
and South. If a woman does all the cooking, and her husband does
all the gardening and house repairs, that's polarisation of gender
roles. It can be bad or good.
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axial ratio is a prarameter for determining how good circular
polarisation