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Dipole vs Sextupole - What's the difference?

dipole | sextupole |

As nouns the difference between dipole and sextupole

is that dipole is dipole while sextupole is (physics) a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions.

dipole

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) any object (such as a magnet, polar molecule or antenna) that is oppositely charged at two points (or poles)
  • (chemistry) any molecule or radical that has delocalised positive and negative charges
  • (radio) a dipole antenna

    • Derived terms

    * dipole moment * dipole wave * electric dipole * molecular dipole

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    sextupole

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions
  • (physics) a magnet with three north poles and three south poles, used to focus or contain a beam of particles