The word
"polarising" means causing division or disagreement among people, where opinions differ sharply and strongly on a particular topic or issue.
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If the bee manages to resist the spider's trap, she finds her way back home by checking the pattern
of polarised light in the sky.
Director: Craig Zobel, Screenwriter: Nissar Modi (USA) Zobel garnered lots of
polarising opinion for his last effort, Compliance; both Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) are as hot as they will ever be.
The team used the SINFONI instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope and also monitored the behaviour of the central black hole region
in polarised light using the NACO instrument.
For instance the Great Recession has led to a growing economic and political gap between North and South, whilst attitudes towards homosexuality have become
more polarised between East and West.
I think we're in danger of
becoming polarised in discussions instead of looking at each solution as a part - solution to a greater problem.
By putting a left - handed circular
polarising filter in front of one hole in the first screen, and a right - handed filter in front of the other, it is possible in principle to tell which hole any particular photon arriving at the second screen went through.
The work he was describing in the seminar was, as the Institute's on - line notice said, an attempt to «cut through both sides of the increasingly
polarised debate about how the universe was created, with atheistic Darwinians declaring the death of God, whilst anti-Darwinian creationists denounce evolution as fraud.»
The country became more
polarised between the two largest parties in 2015 than was the case at any previous post-1945 election: the Conservatives and Labour have more Very Safe seats than before, and are contesting fewer marginal ones — and of the 56 seats won by the SNP in 2015, 28 are classified as Very Safe and a further 18 as Safe.
We match our members based on things like hobbies, interests and values, meaning that you're hitting the ground running — never again will you have to experience the discomfort of dating someone for a week or two, only to discover you have completely
polarised views on an issue close to your hearts.
This rise may be explained as a result of an
increasingly polarised political landscape, which is best expressed in a language conceived for dealing with competition.
A head - up display is also offered — and should work
with polarised sunglasses too.
Few industry topics in Asia - Pacific are
as polarising as the infant formula debate.
This ability allows them to send secret messages, produced by
circularly polarised light reflecting off different parts of their shell.
Then they added
circular polarising filters in front of each of the two holes in the first screen.
In other words, in a
highly polarised debate, scientific developments are taken to be decisive.
This 1080p display features dual
polarising layers to help it be more visible in daylight.
The Ignis has one of the
most polarising designs that we have seen in recent times, but, you cant deny the fact that as a car, it is quite striking.
«All the recent evidence shows that we are, as a society, becoming more socially
polarised by race and faith,» Mr Phillips concluded.
In an increasingly
polarised society, those who are seen as partisan can expect payback when the balance of power shifts.
«Calling them things like «baby killers» does nothing for this issue, and I think it
further polarises people,» she said.
Far from opening up discussion of the Report, it stifles it,
polarising people into being either for or against the Report.
Speaking at the Oxford Union, she said: «I think it's a very
polarised world, and people that base their values on polls are mistaken, and people that base their predictions on polls it would seem are also mistaken.
The second observation is to recall how the advocacy of an overt smaller state argument by many in the Coalition would, quite apart
from polarising British politics like nothing since» 83, risk seeing the Left falling once again into a framing trap that pushes the centre of gravity in political discourse even further to the right.
The seat is also
very polarised between the southern stone villa suburbs of Colinton, Currie and Balerno which are traditionally solid areas for the Conservatives, the more urban parts of the seat around Fountainbridge where Labour are resilient and the council estates of Wester Hailes and Sighthill which are solidly SNP.
Fire's display also packs an impressive 300 nits of brightness and an
advanced polarising filter so you always have a great viewing experience.
It's a Tales game really in name only, and can be
quite polarising for fans of the series.
It has provided economic prosperity and political stability in western Europe throughout this period, in a society which is much
less polarised between rich and poor than the USA.
As the Premier League becomes more
polarised around money there should be no circumstances where mid ranking clubs such as West Ham or Newcastle ever get relegated and even to flirt with it is a sure sign of mismanagement.
He said: â $ œWe have come to realise, given the way this subject has become so
polarised over the past three to four months, that we need to be respectful and welcoming of all views on it.â $
I suspect that it will be a game
which polarises opinions among Vita gamers but I loved almost every aspect of it and I'm very happy that the Vita remains such a strong platform for imaginative experiences like Metrico.
The decision to campaign as Better Together in conjunction with the Coalition parties alienated large numbers of working class voters from Scottish Labour.The lack of a «more devolution» option
polarised working class opinion though that option was effectively revived in «the vow «agreed between the Westminster parties last month.
Ronda, Bones and McGregor all receive probably worse hate but that is understandable as they are transcendental stars
who polarise opinion and that will always create irrational (probably jealousy based) hatred.
Reactions since the loss to Russia of the bid to host the 2018 World Cup have been
completely polarised.
But at its root there is, of course, a
deeply polarised political system in the USA.
Being Optic AMOLED, the 3T also has the same
dual polarising layers built in to help make it more visible in daylight.
When first released locally in early 2004, the new 6 Series was a design that, like its smaller 5 and larger 7 Series sedan stablemates, drew quick and
often polarised opinions on its styling.
It's a shame just
how polarising he has become amongst Liverpool fans and with some much speculation about his future, we would like to put forward the case for keeping him and the case for selling him.
Looking much as you would expect — a coupe version of the soon to be facelifted ML, which will become the GLE — the Mercedes GLE is very much the Mercedes take on the BMW X6, complete with
polarising looks and an incongruous coupe roofline.
Wes Anderson's idiosyncratic
films polarise opinion: things of wonder, or fussy and mannered?
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