UNIPOLAR

unipolar

(adjective) having a single pole

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unipolar (not comparable)

Having a single pole.

(psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Synonyms

• monopolar

Anagrams

• uniporal

Source: Wiktionary


U`ni*po"lar, a. Etym: [Uni- + polar.]

1. (Physics)

Definition: Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet.

– Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action. Du Bois-Reymond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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