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Magnetization vs Sextupole - What's the difference?

magnetization | sextupole |

As nouns the difference between magnetization and sextupole

is that magnetization is the act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized while sextupole is (physics) a distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to three dipoles that point in different directions.

magnetization

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized
  • The magnitude of the magnetic strength of a magnetized object.

    • 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