a. [ Uni- + L. filum a thread. ] Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension. [ 1913 Webster ]
Unifilar magnetometer (Physics), an instrument which consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for determining declinations of the magnetic needle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Uni- + polar. ] 1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]