Now, we are living in a much more polarised world.

Many animals also use polarised light to find their way.

But this is one side of a polarised scientific debate.

People get very emotional over the issues involved and discussion may tend to become polarised.

The song was met with a polarised response from critics upon its release.

How should the Church come to terms with this polarised facet of its history?

We have no plans to preach to anyone, nor to host a polarised debate.

I'm trying to find new ways of interpreting the symbol itself so that it's not as polarised.

Such a change to the Constitution could never come about while America is so polarised.

This crystal lets polarised light through only when held at certain angles.

But the massive, polarised reaction to them, proved his point, nonetheless.

Polarised light is required for the technique to work.

The xenon atoms remain polarised for about half an hour.

I honestly believe we can leave behind the polarised opinions that have dominated the discussion in the past.

The book has had considerable impact on Carroll studies and reactions to it have been very polarised.

A vector model must also be used to model polarised light.

The polarised politics of the Weimar period were also reflected in some its movies.

The polarised light forms a pattern in the sky, which moves round with the sun and so indicates the sun's position.

This has led to polarised reactions of praise and opposition for Kent.

He looked up, eyes protected behind the polarised material, and gaped at his surroundings.

Our national discourse is getting as polarised and dumb as America's.

I agree, the country is very polarised, which is distressing to see.

This target and the detector itself were designed especially with a view to spin polarised physics.

This is used to convert polarised components to non-polar use.

By selective blocking, the three layers work together to produce polarised patterns.

The states are less polarized this year than they were before.

The city is polarized because people continue to live in days gone by.

The glass was polarized, as I may already have told you.

In the past, the country was polarized over the clear issues of freedom and human rights.

In such cases the object is said to be polarized.

Someone had polarized the windows to keep out the sun.

Our country has not become so polarized in a vacuum.

"I am running because our city has become sharply polarized."

And if he fails, the country as a whole may become even more polarized.

If you just listen to the talking heads on television, they're polarized.

"New York often gets polarized based on communities," he said.

"I've never seen an issue polarize people the way this has."

No legal force - but it'll polarize the population even more.

The race has polarized Democratic women who support abortion rights.

And the company has made a number of polarizing news judgments in the past.

To be sure, the country is polarized in the wake of the election.

Does this mean that the news media were better before competition polarized them?

They further polarized the political climate, in ways that only make it more difficult to get anything done.

And light reflecting off water is polarized in one direction.

Living on the fringe can be just as polarizing too.

The city's program, and the cross burning polarized the community.

But others fear a generation further polarized along lines of race and class.

"People are much more polarized now, and on both sides," a Government official said.

Censorship is now, in a real sense, polarized along political lines.

This is unlike any other series on the market, and it's sure to be polarizing.

This is a really crazy idea which will simply polarise English schools even more.

It would polarise things, and that was what was needed.

There is always a tendency to "polarise" sentencing plans, he says.

The aim is to polarise the world into different, antagonistic blocks.

The second point is that we tend to polarise, and that causes problems.

Layouts such as this seem to completely polarise opinion, and the decision is obviously down to the individual.

No other comedian seems to polarise an audience as much as Lee.

The current architectural debate has served to polarise popular opinion on modern architecture.

A constituent assembly would probably polarise public opinion further.

Like many other reforms of the Thatcher years, it has a tendency to polarise opinion very strongly.

Debate tended to polarise - New Right and old Left.

Banks tend to polarise between retail services and private banking services.

The trend to polarise in reading theory and practice is both unnecessary and unfortunate.

Various commentators suggested that his traditionalist views would polarise female voters.

In the summer of 1642 these national troubles helped to polarise opinion, ending indecision about which side to support or what action to take.

It does appear to me that the only purpose is almost to polarise the community and encourage bigoted responses.

It seems people are trying to polarise opinion of him where he is either perfect in every way or you must absolutely hate him.

In Ireland, such statements quite simply polarise the debate about whether we defend the nation or build Europe.

The ceramic's crystals polarise in one of two alternate states when energised by an electric field.

His artistry was controversial, and tended to polarise listeners.

As a result, Uzzell reckons that the market is likely to polarise over the next few years.

Stark and daring, an album that will polarise opinion."

The Schism, we may say, tragically helped to polarise increasingly strong nationalist attitudes towards the war.

I would prefer to polarise an audience as opposed to making an entertaining film everybody feels ambivalent about."

"Our education system does not inculcate these attitudes in us but instead tends to polarise us.