• (a.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. • (a.) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/unipolar/
1. <physics> Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. ... 2. <anatomy> Having but one pole or process; applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; opposed to multipolar. ... <physics> Unipolar induction, the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
(u″nĭ-po´lәr) having but a single pole or process, as a nerve cell. pertaining to mood disorders in which only depressive episodes occur. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′ni-pō′lăr Definitions: 1. Having but one pole; denoting a nerve cell from which the branches project from one side only. 2. Situated at one extremity only of a cell. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=95647
Having only one polarity; primarily in reference to individuals who only manifest a manic or depressive phase in personality or thyroid bipolarity.
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A signal being measured is said to be unipolar when the voltage on its 'high' terminal is always the same polarity (normally positive) in relation to its 'low' terminal
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having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole. · of or pertaining to a nerve cell in spinal and cranial ganglia in which the incoming and outgoing processes fuse outside the cell body. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/unipolar