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Unipolar
Pronunciation : U`ni*po"lar
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Uni- + polar.]
Definition : 1. (Physics)
Defn: Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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