= Polarization of an electromagnetic wave
= Electromagnetic polarization
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= Polarizations of an electromagnetic wave
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The <polarization of an electromagnetic wave> describes the path traced by its transverse electric-field vector at a fixed point. A monochromatic wave may be linearly, circularly, or elliptically polarized; in vacuum it has two independent transverse <polarization states>.
This specializes <polarization of waves> to electric-field oscillations.
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