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Line 1: {{short description\|Polarization state}} [[Image:Circular.Polarization.Circularly.Polarized.Light Left.Hand.Animation.305x190.255Colors.gif\|thumb\|305px\|The [[electric field]] vectors of a traveling circularly polarized electromagnetic wave. This wave is right-handed/clockwise circularly- polarized, ~~since~~as defined from the ~~direction~~point of ~~rotation~~view of the ~~vector~~source, isor ~~related~~left-handed/anti-clockwise bycircularly ~~the~~polarized ~~[[right-hand~~if ~~rule]]~~defined tofrom the ~~direction~~point ~~the~~of ~~wave~~view isof ~~moving; or left-circularly-polarized according to alternative~~the ~~convention~~receiver.]] In [[Classical electromagnetism\|electrodynamics]], '''circular polarization''' of an [[Electromagnetic radiation\|electromagnetic wave]] is a [[Polarization (waves)\|polarization]] state in which, at each point, the [[electromagnetic field]] of the wave has a constant magnitude and is rotating at a constant rate in a plane perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

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