Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unipolar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: unipo-lar
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a single pole.

adj

Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar.

adj

Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Example Sentences

"All that talk of one superpower -- us -- bestriding a "unipolar" world seems as dated as Seinfeld reruns."
"Most studies have tended to find somewhat higher suicide rates in unipolar depression than in bipolar disorder"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English unipolar From uni- + polar.

Derived Forms

pseudounipolar unipolarity unipolarly

Phrases

unipolar depression unipolar encoding unipolar motor unipolar neuron

Frequently Paired Words

bipolar multipolar

Synonyms

monopolar

Rhymes With

solar controller roller high roller polar bipolar bowler stroller comptroller molar alveolar circumpolar

Questions

What does unipolar mean?: Having a single pole.
Where does unipolar come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English unipolar From uni- + polar.

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