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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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