Category:Unipolar

U`ni*po"lar, a. Etym: [uni- + polar.]

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.