interpolaradj.n.
/ɪntəˈpəʊlə/ a. Situated between the poles (of a galvanic battery, etc.).
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1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 115 If interruptions be made in the interpolar wire.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 351 Some of the results..may be due to interpolar electrolytic actions in the tissues traversed by the current.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. viii. 147 The extremities [of the plague bacillus] taking on a deeper colour than the interpolar part.
b. as n. An interpolar wire.
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1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 222 In the case of linear flow in an interpolar between two points.
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