(1):
(a.) Having many poles; in Anat., designating specif. a nerve cell which has several dendrites.
(2):
(a.) Having, or pertaining to, many poles, as a field magnet or armature of a dynamo, or a dynamo having such a field magnet or (sometimes) armature.
(3):
(a.) Having many poles; - applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.