Definition of Bipolar

1. Adjective. Of or relating to manic depressive illness.


2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions. "The bipolar distribution of certain species"
Partainyms: Polar

3. Adjective. Having two poles.
Similar to: Janus-faced
Antonyms: Unipolar

Definition of Bipolar

1. a. Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

Definition of Bipolar

1. Adjective. Involving both extremes (poles) at the same time. ¹

2. Adjective. Relating to or having bipolar disorder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bipolar

1. having two poles [adj]

Medical Definition of Bipolar

1. Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle. Origin: Pref. Bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bipolar

bipinnate
bipinnate leaf
bipinnately
bipinnatifid
bipkwele
biplanar
biplanarity
biplane
biplane angiography
biplane flying fish
biplanes
biplicate
biplicity
bipod
bipods
bipolar (current term)
bipolar cautery
bipolar cell
bipolar disease
bipolar disorder
bipolar filament
bipolar illness
bipolar lead
bipolar neuron
bipolar psychosis
bipolar version
bipolarities
bipolarity
bipolarization

Literary usage of Bipolar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is true, the bipolar structure of spiral nebulae, disclosed in recent years by ... bipolar systems of streams are thus produced and, if combined with ..."

2. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"This bipolar condition is in some animals maintained throughout life. In the fish, for example, even in adults, nearly all the spinal ganglion cells are ..."

3. Practical Calculation of Dynamo-electric Machines: A Manual for Electrical by Alfred Eugene Wiener (1901)
"224«?, representing armatures of equal size in bipolar, four-pole, ... In practice, the gap density is usually less in bipolar than in multipolar machines, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"On the Structure of the so-called Apolar, Unipolar, and bipolar Nerve-cells of the Frog." By LIONEL BEALE, MB, FRS, FRCP, Professor of Physiology and of ..."

5. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"bipolar cells seem to be nucleated enlargements in the course of ... With the exception of the unipolar and bipolar cells, they are irregular in shape, ..."

6. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1903)
"The winding of multipolar armatures introduces greater complication and expense, and. for this reason the bipolar has had the preference in British ..."

7. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"139, surrounds the inductor, 7, longitudinally, and with the magnetic return B thus gives a bipolar magnetic field. Half the inductor teeth, the one side of ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is true, the bipolar structure of spiral nebulae, disclosed in recent years by ... bipolar systems of streams are thus produced and, if combined with ..."

9. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"This bipolar condition is in some animals maintained throughout life. In the fish, for example, even in adults, nearly all the spinal ganglion cells are ..."

10. Practical Calculation of Dynamo-electric Machines: A Manual for Electrical by Alfred Eugene Wiener (1901)
"224«?, representing armatures of equal size in bipolar, four-pole, ... In practice, the gap density is usually less in bipolar than in multipolar machines, ..."

11. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"On the Structure of the so-called Apolar, Unipolar, and bipolar Nerve-cells of the Frog." By LIONEL BEALE, MB, FRS, FRCP, Professor of Physiology and of ..."

12. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"bipolar cells seem to be nucleated enlargements in the course of ... With the exception of the unipolar and bipolar cells, they are irregular in shape, ..."

13. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1903)
"The winding of multipolar armatures introduces greater complication and expense, and. for this reason the bipolar has had the preference in British ..."

14. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Apparatus by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"139, surrounds the inductor, 7, longitudinally, and with the magnetic return B thus gives a bipolar magnetic field. Half the inductor teeth, the one side of ..."

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