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Polarisation of EM waves

My textbook reads 'The plane of polarisation of an electromagnetic wave is defined as the plane in which the electric field oscillates.'

What exactly does this mean? I understand that an EM wave consists of an electric field and magnetic field oscillating perpendicular to each other, does this mean the oscillations in the magnetic field gets polarised when passed through a polarising filter?