1. <electronics> See bipolar transistor.

2. <communications> In digital transmission, an electrical line signalling method where the mark value alternates between positive and negative polarities.

See also: AMI.

(01 Mar 1995)

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Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

Origin: Pref. Bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar.

(01 Mar 1998)

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