Submitted by Grand-Tension8668 t3_1125ccr in askscience
platoprime t1_j8k2kyv wrote
Reply to comment by Grand-Tension8668 in When measuring the wavelength of EM radiation... what's actually being measured? by Grand-Tension8668
No I don't mean to say polarity is spatial movement. Polarity is a change in the intensity of the electromagnetic field along a line over time.
However it's important to understand that photons are not localized until they interact with something. When they travel through space they don't have definite positions or momentums.
Grand-Tension8668 OP t1_j8k4vno wrote
That does make more sense.
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