POLARIZE
Po"lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polarized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Polarizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. polariser.]
Defn: To communicate polarity to.
POLARIZER
Po"lar*i`zer, n. (Physics)
Defn: That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.
POLARY
Po"lar*y, a.
Defn: Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole. [R.] Sir
T. Browne.
POLATOUCHE
Po`la`touche", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern
Europe and Siberia; — called also minene.
POLDER
Pol"der, n. Etym: [D.]
Defn: A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments. [Holland & Belgium]