English Explanatory Dictionary

sextupole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions
  2. a magnet with three north poles and three south poles, used to focus or contain a beam of particles

Word forms

sextupole sextupoles
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