Etymograph

English

hyperpolarise

From hyper- + polarise.

A compound of hyper- + polarise

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

French polariser ‘to polarize’

English polarise

Today it means

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