Meanings
adjectivetripolar (not comparable)
- not comparablenatural sciencesHaving three poles.
- not comparableHaving three electrical connections.
- not comparableHaving or involving three centers of military, economic or political power.
Instead, what will ultimately replace today’s dollar-centric international monetary and financial system is a tripolar system organized around the dollar, the euro, and the Chinese renminbi.
2011, Barry Eichengreen, The Bear of Bretton Woods
Origin
Translations
Finnish kolminapainen, kolminapainen
- kolminapainenhaving three poles
- kolminapainenhaving three electrical connections
- kolminapaineninvolving three centers of military, economic or political power
French tripolaire
- tripolairehaving three poles
Italian tripolare, tripolare
- tripolarehaving three poles
- tripolarehaving three electrical connections
- tripolareinvolving three centers of military, economic or political power
Japanese 三極
- 三極 (sankyoku)having three poles
Polish trójbiegunowy, tripolarny
- trójbiegunowyhaving three poles
- tripolarnyhaving three poles
- trójbiegunowyhaving three electrical connections
- tripolarnyhaving three electrical connections
- trójbiegunowyinvolving three centers of military, economic or political power
- tripolarnyinvolving three centers of military, economic or political power
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