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comparative more multipolar, superlative most multipolar
(physics, biology) Having more than two poles.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence. quotations examples
The first diagram reveals a multi-polar system, in which a plurality of forces and interests balance each other in precarious equilibrium.
2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 121
Mr. Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, like to claim that we now live in a multipolar world.
2022 February 23, Madeleine Albright, “Putin Is Making a Historic Mistake”, in The New York Times
plural multipolars
An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist. examples