multipolar

adj

1. Having more than two poles.
2. Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

   “If we are mainly concerned, on the contrary, with preventing any rapid escalation of the two-power arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, a shift toward a multi-polar world may appear preferable.”

   “The first diagram reveals a multi-polar system, in which a plurality of forces and interests balance each other in precarious equilibrium.”

   “Mr. Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, like to claim that we now live in a multipolar world.”

noun

1. An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.