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Polarized light reveals hidden patterns and reduces glare by aligning wave oscillations
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Why can light waves be polarized while sound waves in air cannot?
Because sound waves travel faster than light waves, preventing polarization.
Because sound waves have no oscillations and thus cannot be polarized.
Because light waves are transverse waves with oscillations perpendicular to their direction of travel, allowing orientation of oscillations, whereas sound waves in air are longitudinal with oscillations along the direction of travel.
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Polarized light reveals the hidden orientations of wave vibrations in nature and technology
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Why can't longitudinal waves, such as sound waves in air, exhibit polarization?
Because longitudinal waves have no oscillations and thus cannot be polarized.
Because longitudinal waves travel faster than transverse waves, preventing polarization.
Because their oscillations occur in the same direction as wave propagation, leaving no perpendicular component to define polarization.
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