Linear polarization
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Description
In electrodynamics, linear polarization or plane polarization of electromagnetic radiation is a confinement of the electric field vector or magnetic field vector to a given plane along the direction of propagation. The term linear polarization was coined by Augustin-Jean Fresnel in 1822. See polarization and plane of polarization for more information.
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