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unipolar

Pronunciation: /juːnɪˈpəʊlə/

Definition of unipolar

adjective

  • 1having or relating to a single pole or kind of polarity:a unipolar magnetic charge
  • Electronics (of a transistor or other device) using charge carriers of a single polarity.
  • 2(of psychiatric illness) characterized by either depressive or manic episodes but not both.
  • 3(of a nerve cell) having only one axon or process.

Derivatives

unipolarity

Pronunciation: /-ˈlarɪti/

noun

unipolar in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of unipolar in the US English dictionary