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| isbn = 0-387-26329-2}}</ref> For example, if the electric field vector is vertical (alternately up and down as the wave travels) the radiation is said to be vertically polarized.
 
==Mathematical description of linear polarization==
The [[Classical physics|classical]] [[sinusoidal]] plane wave solution of the [[electromagnetic wave equation]] for the [[Electric field|electric]] and [[Magnetic field|magnetic]] fields is (cgs units)