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multipolar

multipolar


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Multipolar  \Mul`ti*po"lar\,  a.  [Multi-  +  polar.]  (Biol.) 
  Having  many  poles;  --  applied  especially  to  those  ganglionic 
  nerve  cells  which  have  several  radiating  processes. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Multipolar  \Mul`ti*po"lar\,  a.  [Multi-  +  polar.] 
  1.  Having  many  poles;  in  Anat.,  designating  specif.  a  nerve 
  cell  which  has  several  dendrites. 
 
  2.  (Elec.)  Having  or  pertaining  to  many  poles,  as  a  field 
  magnet  or  armature  of  a  dynamo,  or  a  dynamo  having  such  a 
  field  magnet  or  sometimes  armature.