DEPOLARIZE

depolarize, depolarise

(verb) eliminate the polarization of

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

depolarize (third-person singular simple present depolarizes, present participle depolarizing, simple past and past participle depolarized)

(transitive) To remove the polarization from something.

(transitive) To demagnetize.

Source: Wiktionary

De*po"lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depolarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing.] Etym: [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. dépolarizer.]

1. (Opt.)

Definition: To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition.

Note: This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer.

2. (Elec.)

Definition: To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition