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tripolar en · ADJ

Etymology

From tri- + polar.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having three poles.
  2. (not-comparable) Having three electrical connections.
  3. (not-comparable) Having 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:

Deriveds

quasitripolar · tripolarity

Relateds

multipolar

Translations (14)

fi kolminapainen (involving three centers of military, economic or political power) · pl trójbiegunowy (involving three centers of military, economic or political power) · pl tripolarny (having three electrical connections) · pl tripolarny (having three poles) · it tripolare (having three electrical connections) · pl trójbiegunowy (having three poles) · fi kolminapainen (having three electrical connections) · ja 三極 (having three poles) · pl trójbiegunowy (having three electrical connections) · it tripolare (involving three centers of military, economic or political power) · fr tripolaire (having three poles) · pl tripolarny (involving three centers of military, economic or political power) · it tripolare (having three poles) · fi kolminapainen (having three poles)