As nouns the difference between electrode and octupole
is that electrode is electrode while octupole is (physics) anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles.
electrode
Noun
(
en noun)
the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device
Related terms
* electrode potential
* reference electrode
* standard electrode potential
* standard hydrogen electrode
See also
* -ode
* cathode
* anode
octupole
English
Alternative forms
*octopole
Noun
(
en noun)
(physics) Anything having eight poles or electrodes, but especially a combination of two quadrupoles used for controlling beams of charged particles
Related terms
*dipole
*hexadecapole
*hexapole
*multipole
*quadrupole