polarizability

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noun

The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.

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Meanings

nounpolarizability (countable and uncountable, plural polarizabilities)

plural polarizabilities

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.

Origin

From polarize + -ability.

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Translations

Italian polarizzabilità
  • polarizzabilitàtendency of a system
Romanian polarizabilitate
  • polarizabilitatetendency of a system
Russian поляризу́емость
  • поляризу́емость (poljarizújemostʹ)tendency of a system
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polarizability,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polarizability.

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