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Term: elliptical polarization
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Definition: polarization of an electromagnetic wave such that the extremity of the electric flux density vector relative to a given point describes an ellipse whose centre coincides with this point

Note 1 to entry: In a linear medium with properties independent of time, generally all sinusoidal waves are elliptically polarized, with linear polarization and circular polarization being special cases.


Publication date:2020-04
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Replaces:705-01-17:1995-09
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