Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or having two poles or charges.
- adjective Relating to a device capable of using two polarizations, such as a transistor that uses positive and negative charge carriers.
- adjective Relating to or involving both of the earth's polar regions.
- adjective Having two opposite or contradictory ideas or natures.
- adjective Biology Having two poles or opposite extremities.
- adjective Psychiatry Of or relating to bipolar disorder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Doubly polar; having two poles.
- Specifically In anatomy, having two processes from opposite poles: said of certain nervecells.
- In electricity, pertaining to an electric machine having two poles.
- In zoology, occurring in the north and south polar regions, but not in the intervening tropical ocean. See extract under
bipolarity , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Doubly polar; having two poles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Involving both extremes (
poles ) at the same time. - adjective Relating to or having
bipolar disorder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to manic depressive illness
- adjective having two poles
- adjective of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions
Etymologies
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Examples
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In psychiatry, the term bipolar disorder now is preferred.
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In psychiatry, the term bipolar disorder now is preferred.
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The word bipolar refers to the two poles of energetic extremes.
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The word bipolar refers to the two poles of energetic extremes.
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The word bipolar refers to the two poles of energetic extremes.
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The word bipolar refers to the two poles of energetic extremes.
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He only wishes such understanding of what he calls a bipolar "disposition" had existed when Kay was still alive.
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(I am not joking) is what I call a bipolar structure of government.
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(I am not joking) is what I call a bipolar structure of government.
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(I am not joking) is what I call a bipolar structure of government.
bilby commented on the word bipolar
Bipolar disorder.
April 20, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word bipolar
Ha! See also this one.
April 20, 2009
oroboros commented on the word bipolar
Bipolar Bear
November 10, 2010