Unipolar /(?)/
U·ni·po·lar
Unipolar
a.
- Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. (Physics)
- Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. (Anat.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Unipolar induction
- induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet.
- Unipolar stimulation
- the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action.