multipolar
Americanadjective
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having several or many poles.
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(of nerve cells) having more than two dendrites.
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The multipolar world and resource nationalism is complicating supply chains.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
A European reserve manager was quoted as saying “we are moving from a bipolar to a multipolar reserve system, but the euro is not ready yet to lead.”
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Over the years, many multipolar efforts have fallen by the wayside, including the Non-Aligned Movement, the New International Economic Order, the Group of 77 and the World Social Forum.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2025
“Our core values are objectivity, building a multipolar world, and achieving the equality of all nations,” they said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2025
"One at least of the processes of a multipolar nerve cell does not branch, but becomes directly continuous with a nerve fibre, and has been named the axial-cylinder process."
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Calderwood, Henry
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