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Understanding Wave Polarization

Polarization is a property of waves that can oscillate in more than one orientation. Electromagnetic waves like light and gravitational waves exhibit polarization, while sound waves in gases or liquids do not have polarization because the medium only vibrates in the direction the waves are traveling. Polarization occurs in electromagnetic waves and gravitational waves but not in sound waves.

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Understanding Wave Polarization

Polarization is a property of waves that can oscillate in more than one orientation. Electromagnetic waves like light and gravitational waves exhibit polarization, while sound waves in gases or liquids do not have polarization because the medium only vibrates in the direction the waves are traveling. Polarization occurs in electromagnetic waves and gravitational waves but not in sound waves.

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Polarization:

Polarization (also polarisation) is a property of waves that can oscillate with more than one orientation.
Electromagnetic waves, such as light, and gravitational waves exhibit polarization; sound waves in a gas
or liquid do not have polarization because the medium vibrates only along the direction in which the
waves are travelling.

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