"unipolar" meaning in English

See unipolar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: uni- + polar. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|uni|polar}} uni- + polar Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unipolar (not comparable)
  1. Having a single pole. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having a single pole): միաբևեռ (miabeweṙ) (Armenian), yksinapainen (Finnish), unipolaire (French), μονοπολικός (monopolikós) [masculine] (Greek), aonpholach (Irish), omopolare [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Italian), monopolare [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Italian), unipolare (Italian), unipolar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unipolar-en-adj--zVwv1as Disambiguation of 'having a single pole': 98 1 1
  2. (psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology
    Sense id: en-unipolar-en-adj-Nc~9tFPX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 53 42 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
  3. (politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-unipolar-en-adj-nKB6BNJN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with uni- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 23 32 46 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: monopolar Derived forms: unipolar depression, unipolar encoding, unipolar motor, unipolar neuron Related terms: bipolar, multipolar

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