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• To accomplish this object Edison introduced another and distinct feature--namely, the using of the same current, but ALSO varying its DIRECTION of flow; that is to say, alternately reversing the POLARITY of the batteries as applied to the line and thus producing corresponding changes in the polarity of another specially constructed type of relay, called a polarized relay. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
• His human eyes were essentially invisible behind the gogglelike, polarized, and nictitating membranes that made him look almost insectoid. —  WorldsEnough ;Time
• This country is extremely -- and dangerously -- polarized: economically, politically, ideologically, every way. —  Crooks and Liars
• "The power of moderates is declining in the country: They are fewer in number and the country has polarized," said Thomas F. Schaller, a political scientist at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. —  Google News - Top Stories
• Once again, it looks like a polarized George Bush outlook. —  Donklephant

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