UNIPOLAR
U`ni*po"lar, a. Etym: [Uni- + polar.]
1. (Physics)
Defn: Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Having but one pole or process; — applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; — opposed to multipolar. Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. — Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; — called also unipolar induction action. Du Bois-Reymond.
UNIQUE U*nique", a. Etym: [F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus, from unus one. See One.]
Defn: Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled;
unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
— U*nique"ly, adv.
— U*nique"ness, n.
UNIQUE
U*nique", n.
Defn: A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
[R.]
The phenix, the unique pf birds. De Quincey.
UNIQUITY
U*niq"ui*ty, n.