1Mathematics (of a subgroup) having only one idempotent element.
〔数〕（子群）幂幺的，幂单的
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We concentrate particularly on the maximal unipotent subgroup of a split reductive group and show how this improves computation in the reductive group itself.
2Biology (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to only one cell type.
〔生〕（未成熟细胞，干细胞）单向发展的
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The same rank order of sensitivity is also found with regard to unipotent progenitors of granulocytes and macrophages and with regard to early and late erythroid progenitors.
But the researchers didn't know if hair and skin arose from one master cell - a ‘multipotent’ stem cell that can morph into a number of tissue types - or from two populations of ‘unipotent’ stem cells that are destined to be a single tissue.
Definition of unipotent in US English:
unipotent
adjectiveyo͞oˈnipədənt
1Mathematics (of a subgroup) having only one idempotent element.
〔数〕（子群）幂幺的，幂单的
Example sentencesExamples
We concentrate particularly on the maximal unipotent subgroup of a split reductive group and show how this improves computation in the reductive group itself.
2Biology (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to only one cell type.
〔生〕（未成熟细胞，干细胞）单向发展的
Example sentencesExamples
But the researchers didn't know if hair and skin arose from one master cell - a ‘multipotent’ stem cell that can morph into a number of tissue types - or from two populations of ‘unipotent’ stem cells that are destined to be a single tissue.
The same rank order of sensitivity is also found with regard to unipotent progenitors of granulocytes and macrophages and with regard to early and late erythroid progenitors.