01 a. Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
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1.
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.(Physics)
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2.
Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
Unipolar induction —
induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet.
Unipolar stimulation —
the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action.