Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
of or relating to manic depressive illness;
2.
of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions;
- Example: "the bipolar distribution of certain species"3.
having two poles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bipolar \Bi*po"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar.]
Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or
corpuscle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bipolar
adj 1: of or relating to manic depressive illness
2: of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions; "the
bipolar distribution of certain species"
3: having two poles [ant: unipolar]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
bipolar
1. See bipolar transistor.
2. In digital transmission, an electrical
line signalling method where the mark value alternates between
positive and negative polarities.
See also AMI.
(1995-03-02)