Found 2 items, similar to Unipolar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: unipolar unipolar adj : having a single pole [ant: bipolar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Unipolar Unipolar \U`ni*po"lar\, a. [Uni- + polar.] 1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]