| AMBIPOLAR | • ambipolar adj. Reacting to both positive and negative polarity. • AMBIPOLAR adj. of plasmas and semiconductors, involving both positive and negative charge carriers. |
| ANTIPOLAR | • antipolar adj. Relating to or located at an antipole. • antipolar adj. Diametrically opposed. • ANTIPOLAR adj. relating to an antipole, the opposite pole. |
| BIPOLAR | • bipolar adj. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. • bipolar adj. Relating to both polar regions. • bipolar adj. (Physics) Relating to a bipole. |
| CIRCUMPOLAR | • circumpolar adj. Located or found throughout a polar region. • circumpolar adj. (Astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel. • CIRCUMPOLAR adj. continually visible above the horizon. |
| CUPOLAR | • cupolar adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola. • CUPOLAR adj. pertaining to a spherical vault. |
| DIPOLAR | • dipolar adj. (Physics) Having north and south magnetic poles. • dipolar adj. (Physics, chemistry) Possessing a dipole. • DIPOLAR adj. having two poles, as a magnetic bar. |
| ELECTROPOLAR | • electropolar adj. Possessing electrical polarity; having positive and negative charges at opposite ends; said of a conductor. • ELECTROPOLAR adj. having, as an electrical conductor, one end or surface positive and the other negative. |
| HETEROPOLAR | • heteropolar adj. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current. • heteropolar adj. (Chemistry) Formed by ions of opposite charge. • HETEROPOLAR adj. polar, in the chemical sense. |
| HOMOPOLAR | • homopolar adj. (Physics) Having symmetrically equal distribution of polarity. • HOMOPOLAR adj. having an equal distribution of charge, as in a covalent bond. |
| INTERPOLAR | • interpolar adj. Between poles. • INTERPOLAR adj. between poles. |
| MULTIPOLAR | • multipolar adj. (Physics, biology) Having more than two poles. • multipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural… • multipolar n. An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist. |
| NONPOLAR | • nonpolar adj. (Physics) Not containing a dipole. • nonpolar adj. (Chemistry) Not ionic; not dissociating into ions when dissolved in water etc. • non-polar adj. Alternative spelling of nonpolar. |
| POLAR | • polar adj. Of or having a pole or polarity. • polar adj. (Geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South… • polar adj. (Space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. |
| SEMIPOLAR | • semipolar adj. (Physics) Partially polar. • semipolar adj. (Chemistry) dative. • SEMIPOLAR adj. as in semipolar bond, a type of chemical bond. |
| SUBPOLAR | • subpolar adj. Situated below the poles. • SUBPOLAR adj. situated just outside the polar circles. |
| TRANSPOLAR | • transpolar adj. Extending across, or crossing one of the poles, or a polar region. • TRANSPOLAR adj. across the poles. |
| UNIPOLAR | • unipolar adj. Having a single pole. • unipolar adj. (Psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar. • unipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural… |