quadrupole
See also: quadrupôle
English
Noun
quadrupole (plural quadrupoles)
- (physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
- 1975, David M. Cook, The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, page 123,
- 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,
- (physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
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a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions
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a magnet with two north poles and two south poles
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