Unipolar

2 definitions found

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

  Unipolar \U`ni*po"lar\, a. [Uni- + polar.]
     1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
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     2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to
        those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating


        process; -- opposed to multipolar.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unipolar
       adj : having a single pole [ant: {bipolar}]