Unipolar

unipolar , also monopolar , stands for:

• a world order in which one state dominates all others, see polarity (international relations)

Electrical engineering:

• a submarine cable with only one line, see high-voltage direct current transmission
• a form of electrical signal transmission, see asymmetrical signal transmission
• the generation of an electrical voltage by means of the Lorentz force, see unipolar induction
• a transistor in which only one type of charge is involved in the electric current, see field effect transistor

Medicine:

• a pacemaker that only leads one electrode to the heart, see pacemaker #electrode
• a nerve cell with only one axon and no dendrites, see unipolar nerve cell

See also:

• Bipolar (disambiguation)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.