Depolarization (disambiguation)
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Depolarization or depolarizer may refer to:
- DepolarizationDepolarizationIn biology, depolarization is a change in a cell's membrane potential, making it more positive, or less negative. In neurons and some other cells, a large enough depolarization may result in an action potential...
, a decrease in the absolute value of a cell's membrane potential - DepolarizerDepolarizerA depolarizer or depolariser, in electrochemistry, according to an IUPAC definition, is a synonym of electroactive substance, i.e., a substance which changes its oxidation state, or partakes in a formation or breaking of chemical bonds, in a charge-transfer step of an electrochemical reaction.In...
, a substance used to depolarize an electrochemical cell - Depolarization ratioDepolarization ratioIn Raman spectroscopy, the depolarization ratio is the intensity ratio between the perpendicular component and the parallel component of the Raman scattered light....
, the intensity ratio between the parallel component and the perpendicular component of Raman scattered light - Depolarizer (optics)Depolarizer (optics)A depolarizer or depolariser is an optical device used to scramble the polarization of light. An ideal depolarizer would output randomly polarized light whatever its input, but all practical depolarizers produce pseudo-random output polarization....
, a device for randomizing the polarization of light