u·ni·po·lar

[yoo-nuh-poh-ler]
adjective
1.
Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
2.
Anatomy. of or pertaining to a nerve cell in spinal and cranial ganglia in which the incoming and outgoing processes fuse outside the cell body.

Origin:
1805–15; uni- + polar

u·ni·po·lar·i·ty [yoo-nuh-poh-lar-i-tee, -puh-] , noun
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unipolar (ˌjuːnɪˈpəʊlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of, concerned with, or having a single magnetic or electric pole
2.  (of a nerve cell) having a single process
3.  (of a transistor) utilizing charge carriers of one polarity only, as in a field-effect transistor
4.  (of nervous depression) occurring without accompanying bouts of mania
5.  See bipolar dominated by one superpower, esp the United States
 
unipolarity
 
n

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unipolar u·ni·po·lar (y&oomacr;'nĭ-pō'lər)
n.

  1. Having a single fibrous process. Used of a neuron.

  2. Situated at only one extremity of a cell.


u'ni·po·lar'i·ty (-pō-lār'ĭ-tē, -pə-) n.

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The approach to climate change policy will never be unipolar.
Are not disorder such as bipolar and unipolar depression diseases with an onset around or after teenage years.
The world however remain unipolar and there are no alternatives.
It is a deep rooted signal of unipolar depression, with an inability to exert dominance, but only in a negative style.
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