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quadrupoles

quadrupoles is the plural of quadrupole.

Meaning of quadrupole

Noun

quadrupole (plural quadrupoles)

  1. A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
    • Consider a linear quadrupole consisting of a point charge of strength 2q at the origin and point charges of strength —q at (0, 0, a) and (0, 0, —a).1975, David M. Cook, The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, page 123
  2. A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.

Questions about quadrupoles

What is quadrupoles the plural of?
Quadrupoles is the plural of quadrupole.

Words near quadrupoles in the dictionary

  1. quadrupling
  2. quadruplings
  3. quadruply
  4. quadrupolar
  5. quadrupole
  6. quadrupoles
  7. quads
  8. quads out
  9. quadsuit
  10. quadsuits
  11. quadtone

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