Bipolar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bipolar \Bi*po"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + polar. Cf. {Dipolar}.]
     Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or
     corpuscle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bipolar
       adj 1: of or relating to manic depressive illness
       2: of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions; "the
          bipolar distribution of certain species"
       3: having two poles [ant: {unipolar}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  bipolar
       
          1.  See {bipolar transistor}.
       
          2.  In digital transmission, an electrical
          line signalling method where the mark value alternates between
          positive and negative polarities.
       
          See also {AMI}.
       
          (1995-03-02)