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bipolar
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bipolar

See bipolar transistor and bipolar transmission.


bipolar
1. having two poles
2. relating to or found at the North and South Poles
3. (of a transistor) utilizing both majority and minority charge carriers
4. Psychiatry suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder

bipolar [bī′pō·lər]
(science and technology)
Having two poles.
Capable of assuming positive or negative values, such as an electric charge, or pertaining to a quantity with this property, such as a bipolar transistor.

1.(electronics)bipolar - See bipolar transistor.
2.(communications)bipolar - In digital transmission, an electrical line signalling method where the mark value alternates between positive and negative polarities.

See also AMI.


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