- tending to divide people into sharply opposing factions: Here are some tips to keep polarizing political discourse from disrupting your workplace.
- causing polarization of light or similar radiation: If there is glare, you can use a polarizing filter on the camera to reduce or even remove it.
- causing magnetic or electric polarity in a body or system: The control system consists of a feedback loop that uses real-time polarizing electric fields as a controlling force.
- the act, fact, or practice of dividing people into sharply opposing factions: If rational argument fails, he can always fall back on the techniques of mockery and polarizing.