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bipolar

[ bahy-poh-ler ]

adjective

  1. having two poles, as the earth.
  2. of, relating to, or found at both polar regions.
  3. characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies.
  4. Electronics. of or relating to a transistor that uses both positive and negative charge carriers.
  5. Psychiatry. of, relating to, or having bipolar disorder:

    His wife is bipolar.



bipolar

/ baɪˈpəʊlə /

adjective

  1. having two poles

    a bipolar dynamo

    a bipolar neuron

  2. relating to or found at the North and South Poles
  3. having or characterized by two opposed opinions, natures, etc
  4. (of a transistor) utilizing both majority and minority charge carriers
  5. suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder


bipolar

/ bī-pōlər /

  1. Relating to or having two poles or charges.
  2. Relating to a semiconductor device, such as a transistor, that exploits the electrical characteristics of contact between two substances, one with an inherent positive charge, the other with an inherent negative charge.
  3. Relating to or involving both of the Earth's polar regions.
  4. Relating to a neuron that has two processes or extremities.
  5. Relating to bipolar disorder.


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Derived Forms

  • bipoˈlarity, noun

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Other Words From

  • bipo·lari·ty noun
  • bi·polar·i·zation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bipolar1

First recorded in 1800–10; bi- 1 + polar

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Example Sentences

Though commentators like Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group warn of a “great decoupling” between the US and China, with dire consequences for technology, talk of a new bipolar Cold War is overblown.

By studying people’s phones, psychiatrists have been able to pick up the subtle signs that precede a bipolar episode.

When a downswing in mood is coming, the GPS sensors in bipolar patients’ phones show that they tend to be less active.

Probably the most advanced use of digital phenotyping is to predict the behaviors of people with bipolar disorder.

My colleague at Emory, Frans de Waal, likes to call us the bipolar ape.

His family described him as being bipolar and having long suffered from mental troubles.

In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.

Interestingly, the PLOS Medicine article noted, Otsuka makes the same claim for schizophrenia as it does for bipolar disorder.

As in, we have no idea why this medication seems to help people with bipolar disorder.

A 33-year-old bipolar man walked into a store, lied about his mental health, and walked out with a deadly weapon.

The design of Fig.10 has two poles in the field and two in the armature, and is what is known as the bipolar type.

A bipolar field has a hypertonic pole or centre of concentration, and a hypotonic pole or centre of dilution.

Some dynamos are bipolar, or have two poles, others are multipolar or have more than two.

When two are used they are arranged on opposite sides of the armature, and form what is known as the bipolar machine.

Smears from the spleen and the right axillary gland showed immense numbers of bipolar-staining organisms.

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