multipolar

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

/ ˌmʌl tiˈpoʊ lər, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

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having several or many poles.

(of nerve cells) having more than two dendrites.

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First recorded in 1855–60; multi- + polar

mul·ti·po·lar·i·ty

[muhl-tee-poh-lar-i-tee, -puh-, muhl-tahy-], /ˌmʌl ti poʊˈlær ɪ ti, -pə-, ˌmʌl taɪ-/, noun

A multipolar world with new, diverse sources of ideas, innovation, regulation, and geopolitical influence may not be such a bad thing at all.
Covid-19 and the geopolitics of American decline|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
We must recognize the challenges that the new multipolar world poses.
Goodbye, Blue: A Post-Obama Democratic Doctrine|Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Machines having more than two poles in each part are called multipolar machines.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900|Various
The cells seem multipolar in most cases and in fact much more modified than the cells of starfish or sea-urchin.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology|Various

The large granule cells are multipolar cells, many of the branchings penetrating well into the molecular layer.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various
A multipolar nerve corpuscle—very shrivelled, but unmistakable.
John Thorndyke's Cases|R. Austin Freeman
In Aeginopsis a planula is formed by multipolar immigration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

multipolar

[ mŭl′tĭ-pō′lər ]

Having more than two poles. Used of a nerve cell that has branches that project from several points.