the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having two poles; differentiated in respect to a pair of opposite directions, but not with respect to the difference between these directions: as, polarized light is dipolar.
Pertaining to two poles.
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adj. having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance
Word Usage
"A similar "dipolar" pattern existed in the 1930s when warm air from the North Atlantic pushed into the Arctic up to the North Latitude of 75 degrees, but today, the heat spreads through the entire Arctic."