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'''linearLinear polarization''': Of an [[electromagnetic wave]], confinement of the E-[[field]] vector or H-field vector to a given plane.

<i>Note:</i> Historically, the orientation of a polarized electromagnetic wave has been defined in the optical regime by the orientation of the electric vector, and in the [[radio]] regime, by the orientation of the magnetic vector. <i>Synonym</i> <b>plane [[polarization]].</b>