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polarizable

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Its electric charge or atoms move slightly when an electric field acts on it

adjective
/ˈpoʊlərɪzaːbəl/

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: polarizable

Mesoscopic quantum dots or molecules can be made to be polarizable.

Examples

In the experiment, we found that the larger ions were more polarizable compared to the smaller ones.
And we see that that iodide here is is much more polarizable than fluoride.
More polarizable, more polarizable electron cloud, write it all out.
Essentially you treat the polarizable ion by two entities.
That is, more and more electrons escape into the intergalactic medium, and more and more protons and heavier ions get stuck to electrically polarizable neutral matter in galaxies.

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The applied electric field made the material polarizable, allowing it to react to external stimuli.
Certain molecules are more polarizable due to their greater electron cloud density.

How Polarizable

polarizable

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nonpolarizable

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9.9

Surface Forms

polarizable positive

Morphology

polarizable = polarize (transparent) = polar + able

Regular adjectival formation from the verb 'polarize' using the productive suffix '-able', yielding 'able to be polarized'; the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Polarizable comes from polar, which comes from an old word for 'pole', like the North and South ends of a magnet. So, in science, if something is 'polarizable' its parts can move a little to make small 'poles' when an electric field is near, and that is why it reacts to the field.