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bipole

bipole noun: a region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles.

Noun

bipole (plural bipoles)

  1. A region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles
  2. An electrical power transmission line having two direct-current conductors in opposite polarity.
    • This scheme, which has been operating since 1986, consists of two 1000 MW bipoles.2009, Jos Arrillaga et al., “PWM-HVDC Transmission”, in Self-Commutating Converters for High Power Applications, Chichester, UK: Wiley, page 153

Forms of bipole

pluralbipoles

Origin of bipole

From bi- + pole.

Questions about bipole

What does bipole mean?
Bipole means a region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles.
What part of speech is bipole?
Bipole is a noun.
What is the plural of bipole?
The plural of bipole is bipoles.

Words near bipole in the dictionary

  1. bipolarly
  2. bipolaron
  3. bipolaronic
  4. bipolarons
  5. bipolars
  6. bipole
  7. bipoles
  8. bipolymer
  9. bipolymers
  10. Bipont
  11. Bipontine

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