unipolar
单极,单极性,单极化,单极的
Definitions
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- : Also homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- : Anatomy. of or relating to a nerve cell in spinal and cranial ganglia in which the incoming and outgoing processes fuse outside the cell body.
Examples
But the idea that the United States must maintain its hegemonic status in a unipolar world—on the right, that has staying power.
In our post-unipolar moment, such a reassessment is long overdue.
No more unipolar world, no more patronizing lectures from the Americans.
The “unipolar moment” that might have described America when the Berlin Wall fell down is long over.
But unipolar symmetry with diverging outgrowths leads us to the next category which may be called radial symmetry.
When the blastula is oval and free-swimming the inner mass is formed by unipolar immigration from the hinder pole.
If the connexion is only with one, the vesicle is called unipolar; if with two, bipolar; if with many, multipolar or stellate.
Unipolar spots are very seldom observed without some indication of the characteristics of bipolar groups.
The bipolar spot seems to be the dominant type, and the unipolar type a variant of it.