ambipolar

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adjective

Reacting to both positive and negative polarity.

OriginEnglish polar ← Late Latin polāri ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectiveambipolar (comparative more ambipolar, superlative most ambipolar)

comparative more ambipolar · superlative most ambipolar

  1. Reacting to both positive and negative polarity.

Origin

  1. Englishambi-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  5. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  6. Latinpolus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Late Latinpolāri
  10. Englishpolar
  11. Englishambipolar

From ambi- + polar.

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Translations

Portuguese ambipolar
  • ambipolarreacting to both positive and negative polarity
Russian амбиполя́рный
  • амбиполя́рный (ambipoljárnyj)reacting to both positive and negative polarity

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ambipolar

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Cite this entry
APA

ambipolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambipolar

MLA

“ambipolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambipolar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambipolar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambipolar.

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