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unipolar |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unipolar \U`ni*po"lar\, a. [Uni- + polar.] 1. (Physics) Having or acting by means of one pole only. 2. (Anat.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unipolar adj : having a single pole [ant: {bipolar}]
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