multipolar

[ muhl-tee-poh-ler, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

1. having several or many poles.
2. (of nerve cells) having more than two dendrites.

Other Words From

• mul·ti·po·lar·i·ty [muhl-tee-poh-, lar, -i-tee, -p, uh, -, muhl-tahy-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of multipolar¹

First recorded in 1855–60; multi- + polar

Example Sentences

We must recognize the challenges that the new multipolar world poses.

From The Daily Beast

Machines having more than two poles in each part are called multipolar machines.

From Project Gutenberg

The cells seem multipolar in most cases and in fact much more modified than the cells of starfish or sea-urchin.

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The large granule cells are multipolar cells, many of the branchings penetrating well into the molecular layer.

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A multipolar nerve corpuscle—very shrivelled, but unmistakable.

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In Aeginopsis a planula is formed by multipolar immigration.

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