MULTIPOLAR

add. ·adj having many poles; in anat., designating specif. a nerve cell which has several dendrites.

2. multipolar ·adj having many poles;

— applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.

3. multipolar ·add. ·adj having, or pertaining to, many poles, as a field magnet or armature of a dynamo, or a dynamo having such a field magnet or (sometimes) armature.