Unipolar

Word UNIPOLAR
Character 8
Hyphenation u ni po lar
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Unipolar"

What do we mean by unipolar?

Having, acting by means of, or produced by a single magnetic or electric pole. adjective

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

Relating to or being a mood disorder that includes depression and not mania or hypomania. adjective

In electricity, pertaining to a unipolar or nonpolar electric machine, that is, a machine in which the armature rotates in a. uniform magnetic field. Unipolar electric generators require high speeds and therefore were not used before the advent of the steam turbine.

Exhibiting one kind of polarity.

In biology, having a single pole, as a nerve-cell or a rete: correlated with bipolar, multipolar.

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. adjective

Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. adjective

Induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. adjective

The simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action. adjective

Having a single pole adjective

Having a single pole adjective

Having a single pole.

Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unipolar

The word "unipolar" in example sentences

Those were the experiences we have had to live through up until today's world, which we call a unipolar world. ❋ Unknown (1995)

They could not achieve that goal in 2000 when Yasser Arafat was ruling over a unified Palestinian camp, when a relatively moderate political figure was serving as Israel's PM -- and at a time when the U.S. was at the peak of its so-called unipolar moment and Iran, Hizbollah and Hamas were having great difficulties in trying to exert their influence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the preface to a sweeping defense review released Saturday, Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon writes: "The biggest changes to our outlook ... have been the rise of China, the emergence of India and the beginning of the end of the so-called unipolar moment; the almost two-decade-long period in which the pre-eminence of our principal ally, the United States, was without question." ❋ Unknown (2009)

We live today in a more complex reality, which is neither described satisfactorily with the term unipolar nor the term multipolar. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"The so-called unipolar world would like us to accept deprivation," he told cheering crowds in a speech made after lighting the Independence Flame, as he does each year. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Indeed, against the backdrop of the Iraqi fiasco and the Wall Street meltdown which seemed to underscore the erosion in U.S. global military and economic status as the "world's only remaining superpower," foreign policy pundits have proposed that the post-Cold War "unipolar" international system of Pax Americana was being transformed into a multipolar structure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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