<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>A sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.</li><li>In optics, a state, or the production of a state, in which rays of light or similar radiation exhibit different properties in different directions.</li><li>In electricity, the deposit of gases, produced during electrolysis, on the electrodes of a cell, increasing the resistance of the cell.</li><li>A vector quantity indicating the electric dipole moment per unit of volume of a dielectric.</li><li>The induction of polarity in a ferromagnetic substance.</li><li>The production or acquisition of polarity.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>