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The following travelling electromagnetic wave `E_(x) = 0, E_(y) = E_(0)sin(kx + omegat), E_(z) = –2E_(0)sin(kx + omegat)` is-

A

elliptically polarized

B

circularly polarized

C

linearly polarized

D

unpolarized

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