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'''ellipticalElliptical polarization''': In [[electromagnetic wave]] [[propagation]], [[polarization]] such that the tip of the [[electric field]] vector describes an ellipse in any fixed plane intersecting, and normal to, the direction of propagation.

<i>Note 1:</i> An elliptically polarized wave may be resolved into two linearly polarized waves in [[phase]] [[quadrature]] with their polarization planes at right angles to each other.

<i>Note 2:</i> Circular and [[linear polarization]] are special cases of elliptical polarization.</b>

Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]] and from [[MIL-STD-2196]]