成せい極きょく

noun

polarization; electric polarization

Physics term for the separation of electric charges within a material, often contrasted with 分極 (ぶんきょく), which can refer to polarization in a broader or chemical sense.

See also: 分極

• 誘ゆう電でん体たいに電でん場ばをかけると成せい極きょくが生しょうじる。

  When an electric field is applied to a dielectric, polarization occurs.

• 成せい極きょくの大おおきさは物ぶっ質しつの誘ゆう電でん率りつに依い存ぞんする。

  The magnitude of polarization depends on the dielectric constant of the material.